Labels:book | bulletin board | daily | person | tie | tribute album OCR: HEINRICH HERTZ (1857 .94) HE NAMF of German physicist Heinrich Hertz has become part ofeveryday language because ofhis work 01 electromagnetic waves The hertz Hz the unit used measure the frequency electromagnetic waves, named Jor the German scientist. Hertz was inspired by the work of the Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell (1831 79 who had predicted the existence of electromagnetic waves Hertz desi igned and built equipment that proved that these waves exist and that they could be detected at distance. He was sure that electromagnetic waves could be used to transmit messages across the Atlantic but he died before the use of radio showed that he was right. UFF rot ALSO STORY RADIO WAVES NAME Fthe electromag netic designed pesn
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