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Jack Phillips (wireless Operator)
John George "Jack" Phillips (11 April 1887 – 15 April 1912) was a British sailor and the senior wireless operator aboard the ''Titanic'' during her ill-fated maiden voyage in April 1912. Before the collision with the iceberg, Phillips and his assistant, Harold Bride, had acknowledged and passed along several ice warnings to the bridge. As the ship sank, Phillips did his utmost to contact other ships for assistance and coordinated a successful rescue effort with . He did not survive the sinking and his body, if recovered, was not identified. Early life Phillips was born on 11 April 1887 in Farncombe, Surrey. The son of George Alfred Phillips, a draper and Ann Phillips (née Sanders), Phillips' family originally came from Trowbridge, Wiltshire, from a lineage of weavers, but moved to Farncombe around 1883. Phillips lived with his five siblings, of whom only two twin sisters survived to adulthood, above a draper's shop – Gammons – which his father managed in Farncombe Str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farncombe
Farncombe, historically Fernecome, is a village and peripheral settlement of Godalming in Waverley, Surrey, England and is approximately 0.8 miles (1.3 km) north-east of the Godalming centre, separated by common land known as the Lammas Lands. The village of Compton lies to the northwest and Bramley to the east; whilst Charterhouse School is to the west. Loseley Park, in the hamlet of Littleton, lies to the north of the village. History The earliest evidence of human activity is an early Anglo-Saxon spearhead, found in 1985. Farncombe appears in the Domesday Book as ''Fearnecombe'', thought to mean "valley of the ferns". In 1086, it was held by the Bishop of Bayeux. Its Domesday assets were: 2 ploughs, of meadow, woodland worth 3 hogs. It rendered £1 4s 0d. Among the oldest buildings in the village is a row of almshouses, built in 1622 for Richard Wyatt, the Master Carpenter of the Carpenters' Company in London. Farncombe Infants' School, on Grays Road, near ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Bride And Jack Phillips - RMS Titanic Wireless Operators
Harold may refer to: People * Harold (given name), including a list of persons and fictional characters with the name * Harold (surname), surname in the English language * András Arató, known in meme culture as "Hide the Pain Harold" Arts and entertainment * ''Harold'' (film), a 2008 comedy film * ''Harold'', an 1876 poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson * ''Harold, the Last of the Saxons'', an 1848 book by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton * '' Harold or the Norman Conquest'', an opera by Frederic Cowen * ''Harold'', an 1885 opera by Eduard Nápravník * Harold, a character from the cartoon ''The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy'' * Harold & Kumar, a US movie; Harold/Harry is the main actor in the show. Places ;In the United States * Alpine, Los Angeles County, California, an erstwhile settlement that was also known as Harold * Harold, Florida, an unincorporated community * Harold, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Harold, Missouri, an unincorporated communi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spark-gap Transmitter
A spark-gap transmitter is an obsolete type of transmitter, radio transmitter which generates radio waves by means of an electric spark."Radio Transmitters, Early" in Spark-gap transmitters were the first type of radio transmitter, and were the main type used during the wireless telegraphy or "spark" era, the first three decades of radio, from 1887 to the end of World War I. German physicist Heinrich Hertz built the first experimental spark-gap transmitters in 1887, with which he proved the existence of radio waves and studied their properties. A fundamental limitation of spark-gap transmitters is that they generate a series of brief transient pulses of radio waves called Damped wave (radio transmission), damped waves; they are unable to produce the continuous waves used to carry audio signal, audio (sound) in modern AM broadcasting, AM or FM broadcasting, FM radio transmission. So spark-gap transmitters could not transmit audio, and instead transmitted information by radiotelegra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Titanic Navigation Bridge
On the ''Titanic'', the navigation bridge (or command bridge) was a superstructure where the ship's command was exercised. From this location, the officer on watch determined the ship's geographical position, gave all orders regarding navigation and speed, and received information about everything happening on board. The bridge was composed of various compartments: a navigation shelter where watch was kept, and the wheelhouse where a wheel was located, known as the Ship's wheel, helm in maritime language, which steered the rudder and transmitted orders to the engines, also called a Engine order telegraph, chadburn. On either side to Port and starboard, starboard and Port and starboard, port of the navigation shelter, two exterior wings allowed for maneuvers. There was also a chart room and the captain's watch room. The bridge was also connected to the officers' cabins, which varied in comfort according to rank. It was also close to the wireless telegraphy room. Six officers took t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
