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Ralph Hartley

Ralph Hartley
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Ralph Vinton Lyon Hartley was an American electronics researcher. He invented the Hartley oscillator and the Hartley transform, and contributed to the foundations of information theory.

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  1. Elisa Leonida ZamfirescuNovember 10, 1887 – November 25, 1973
  2. Frits ZernikeJuly 16, 1888 – March 10, 1966
  3. Jakow TrachtenbergJune 17, 1888 – October 26, 1951
  4. John Logie BairdAugust 13, 1888 – June 14, 1946
  5. Ralph Hartley (this page)November 30, 1888 – May 1, 1970
  6. W. O. BentleySeptember 16, 1888 – August 13, 1971

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