Illustration depicting Heinrich Hertz's experiment on electromagnetic waves: demonstration to prove Maxwell's contention that a metallic surface should reflect electromagnetic waves. Resonator at R sends out waves, S, which are reflected by mirror at M, and received by resonator at C. Heinrich Hertz (1857-1894) a German physicist who conclusively proved the existence of the electromagnetic waves theorised by James Clerk Maxwell's electromagnetic theory of light. Dated 20th century

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