I Original references for Hertz's experiments

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The discussion centers on the search for original references for pictures of Hertz's experimental apparatus. Several websites provide images, but the original sources remain elusive. A user points out that some images are linked to Hertz's book "Electric Waves," published by MacMillan & Co. in 1900, which is available on Archive.org. However, there is uncertainty about the authenticity of the images, as not all pictures have clear sources. The conversation highlights the difficulty in tracing the origins of these historical scientific images.
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There are many website about the apparatus of Hertz's experiments, i.e.
http://www.sparkmuseum.com/BOOK_HERTZ.HTM
http://earlyradiohistory.us/1901hz.htm
http://people.seas.harvard.edu/~jones/cscie129/nu_lectures/lecture6/hertz/Hertz_exp.html

There are many pictures showing the apparatus of Hertz's experiments. But I cannot find the original references where those pictures came from. Could anyone provide me the original references. Thanks.
 
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qnach said:
There are many website about the apparatus of Hertz's experiments, i.e.
http://www.sparkmuseum.com/BOOK_HERTZ.HTM
http://earlyradiohistory.us/1901hz.htm
http://people.seas.harvard.edu/~jones/cscie129/nu_lectures/lecture6/hertz/Hertz_exp.html

There are many pictures showing the apparatus of Hertz's experiments. But I cannot find the original references where those pictures came from. Could anyone provide me the original references. Thanks.
In that last link, below the pictures there is a link indicated as (source). If you click that link, you will find the same pictures, with the note
Figure 1 diagrams adapted from "Electric Waves", by Heinrich Hertz,MacMillan &Co. (1900)
So I guess the pictures come from Hertz's book.
 
DrClaude said:
In that last link, below the pictures there is a link indicated as (source). If you click that link, you will find the same pictures, with the note

So I guess the pictures come from Hertz's book.

I want the source of the first two pictures of the link you mentioned.
But those two pictures has no "source", and the source you mentioned do not contained those pictures.

Which book of Hertz do you mean? I checked some...but find none.
 
Looking at those pictures, I would think they are not original. No idea where they could come from.

As for the book, it is Electric Waves, and it appears to be available at https://archive.org/details/b2172457x
 
DrClaude said:
Looking at those pictures, I would think they are not original. No idea where they could come from.

As for the book, it is Electric Waves, and it appears to be available at https://archive.org/details/b2172457x

The book is in English. Hertz is a Germany.
 
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