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[newusername 10+ year member]

But surely you agree that if Lee De Forest's invention of the triode was important, then John Ambrose Fleming's invention of the diode while he was working for Marconi was at least equally important if not moreso.

 

[AllStar1500bd 5,000+ posts]

You could also argue that if not for the car, car audio would not exist.

 

[newusername 10+ year member]

And obviously the car is a much more important invention than car audio. lol.

 

[AllStar1500bd 5,000+ posts]

That depends on who you're asking //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[bumpin buick 5,000+ posts]

But surely you agree that if Lee De Forest's invention of the triode was important, then John Ambrose Fleming's invention of the diode while he was working for Marconi was at least equally important if not moreso.

I was unaware of this the three main people we really studied into are Marconi, De Forest, and Sarnoff. Thanks for the info though , maybe I can show up my teacher cept he knows all about audio so I doubt it

 

[newusername 10+ year member]

I was unaware of this the three main people we really studied into are Marconi, De Forest, and Sarnoff. Thanks for the info though , maybe I can show up my teacher cept he knows all about audio so I doubt it

I'm sure Marconi was given credit for the diode in your discussions. This is pretty standard practice, unfortunately. It was unfortunately all too common in that era.

Marconi also received a patent for designs related to radio use that was originally described by Tesla (this is quite a heated debate in some circles...entire books dedicated to who deserves credit for the radio).

Similarly, Edison received credit for the phonograph when he was not the actual creator of it. And this practice still happens today...a company hires a young, ingenius mind. This hiree comes up with an advancement in some technology or some field and the company that hired him takes credit and receives patents for something they had little to do with. Of course, nowadays it is usually stipulated in a contract.