Radio, currently a synonym for "electromagnetic radiation", actually first
came into use before Heinrich Hertz's proof of the existence of radio waves.
Originally "radio" was a general prefix meaning "radiant" or "radiation" --
hence the term "radio-activity" for the alpha, beta, and gamma rays emitted
by decaying atoms. In Europe, some of the persons investigating Hertz's
discovery began using the "radio-" prefix -- for example, in 1890 Edouard
Branly in France called his receiver a "radio-conductor", the October 24,
1902 issue of The Electrician (London) included an article titled "The
Radio-telegraphic Expedition of the H.I.M.S. 'Carlo Alberto'", and a report
in the November 19, 1904 Electrical Review about Belgium marine applications
noted that "radio-telegraphy has entered into the domain of current
practice".


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