Historical Facts of Electronic Development

Historical Facts of Electronic Development

Task 1. Listen to the speaker and complete the missing dates.

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An English physicist W. Gilbert proposed the term “electricity” as far back as _______.

A major electronic development occurred in about _______ when H. Ørsted, a Danish physicist, found the correlation between an electric and a magnetic field. In ______ M. Faraday opened the electromagnetic induction phenomenon. In ______, an American painter S. Morse built a telegraph with the original coding system and William Thomson, a Scottish physicist and mathematician, implemented a digital-to-analog converter using resistors and relays. In _____, Giovanni Caselli, an Italian physicist, invented a pantelegraph that became a prototype of the fax. A.G. Bell’s invention of the telephone in _____ was the most significant event in the entire history of communication. A. Popov and G. Marconi demonstrated their first radio transmitting and receiving systems in _____ - ________.

Task 2. Translate the following verbs.

a) Переведите глаголы

to propose –

to occur –

to find, found, found –

to open –

to build, built, built –

to implement –

to invent –

to demonstrate -

b) В какой форме стоят вышеперечисленные глаголы в тексте? Как образуется эта форма глагола? Приведите свои примеры.

Task 3. Find the words in the text.

Предложил термин, еще в 1700 году, развитие электроники, обнаружил связь, магнитное поле, электромагнитная индукция, система кодирования, цифроаналоговый преобразователь, резистор, реле, пан-телеграф, радиопередающие и приемные системы, значительное событие.

Task 4. Match the name of the scientist with his contribution to the development of electronics.

1. William Gilbert 2. Michael Faraday 3. Mikhael Lomonosov 4. Hans Christian Ørsted 5. Samuel Morse 6. William Thomson 7. Alexander Popov 8. Giovanni Caselli 9. Alexander Graham Bell 10. John Ambrose Fleming 11. Lee de Forest

a) Electromagnetic induction b) Radio c) Correlation between an electric and magnetic field d) A telegraph with the original coding system e) The vacuum diode f) The vacuum tube and a vacuum triode g) A pantelegraph h) The Telephone i) Relations of electricity j) A digital-to-analog converter using resistor and relays k) Electricity

Task 5. Complete the sentences by naming the scientist’s contribution to electronics:

1. William Hilbert proposed …

2. Michael Faraday opened …

3. Lee de Forest patented …

4. Mikhail Lomonosov stated …

5. Hans Christian Ørsted found …

6. John Ambrose Fleming invented …

7. Samuel Morse built …

8. William Thomson implemented …

9. Alexander Popov demonstrated…

10. Giovanni Caselli invented ..

11. Alexander Graham Bell invented …