Sound Quality Vs. Measurements

[DF96]

Yes, most things were invented in Britain. The few that weren't came mainly from northern Europe.

Interestingly, the same problem doesn't seem to happen to the same extent in science: we all agree that Volta was Italian (OK, Italy as we know it might not have existed then but you know what I mean), Heisenberg was German and Newton was English.

[wahab]

Originally Posted by john curl

Still, don't the Germans have their own order of inventors?

One must be aware that they were deprived of all their patents as a bounty for WW1 victors ,
hence the hystorical downplaying of this country s unique contribution to modern science.

Indeed , they invented the Fet in the late 20s....

[john curl]

I think that Tesla did some of the best work.

[john curl]

I think that Newton, Maxwell and Heaviside did some of the best practical physics.

[Pano]

Photography, motion pictures, sound recording and the automobile were all invented in France. Not to mention the wine, cheese, bread and the women!

[benb]

A few of the things Isaac Newton did.

[sofaspud]

Newton discovered natural laws, he didn't invent them.

[dvv]

Originally Posted by john curl

I think that Tesla did some of the best work.

He did much of the groundbreaking work, yes.

On the side as well, as he generously allowed George Westinghouse to use his inventions without payment until he was financially stable again.

But, WHOSE was Tesla? By descent, he was Serbian, yet he did most of his work in the USA ...

Ditto for Mihajlo "Michael" Pupin - he greatly extended telephone comms by placing loading coils along the way and much more ( Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ). Also of Serbian descent, but again, did most of his work in USA.

How do we count them?

[dvv]

Originally Posted by Pano

Photography, motion pictures, sound recording and the automobile were all invented in France. Not to mention the wine, cheese, bread and the women!

Er, ...

I'm not altogehter sure that the French actually invented wine, cheese, bread and especially women. They seem to have been around much longer than the tribe of Gauls.

But they do all four very well indeed, I agree.

[dvv]

Originally Posted by wahab

One must be aware that they were deprived of all their patents as a bounty for WW1 victors ,
hence the hystorical downplaying of this country s unique contribution to modern science.

Indeed , they invented the Fet in the late 20s....

I am told that the legendary Quad ESL is in fact based on a German scientist's work, of one Helmholz (Helmholz's resonator), described first in 1859. There's a story floating around that Mr Peter Walker waited for almost a year before introducing his electrostatic speaker just to make it 100 years even since the first discovery of the principle.

Speaking of Germans, just take a look at the number of famous composers they gave us. Rather stunning for one nation only. Yet, their audio industry is either unknown or dismissed, a bit odd, don't you think?