Bharatiya Pragna - Dr. Th Chowdary

150th Birth Year
Tribute
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Bose, inventor of Wireless Technology
P lants respond to stimulus; they weep; But truth seems to be different. A bril-
they laugh; they become angry. This was proved liant child of Mother India, Jagadish Chandra
scientifically by one of the greatest scientists of Bose, the then professor of Physics, Presidency
modern India Jagdish Chandra Bose. He is a College, Calcutta, was its inventor. India is de-
modern Rushi. A scientist in Physics but did many prived of taking into its stride this greatest tech-
inventions in the domain of Botany. He had for nological achievement of Modern world. To-
the first time in the modern science, removed the day, we remember him for his achievements in
barriers between Physical sciences and Natural Botany alone.
sciences.
As early as 1895, JCBose had demon-
He invented an instrument called Resonate
recorder. It records the subtlest responses
in the plant. He had published a book called plant
physiological investigations. He had submitted
150 research papers throughout the world.
strated to the public of Calcutta about this technology.
He had blasted the gunpowder and made
the bell ring,
which was one
mile away from
the place of
He had built his own equipments to un- demonstration.
dertake research. The most popular equipment “Wireless”
invented by him is “Crescograph”. It magnifies a communication
thing 10 million times. His equipment called era was born in
“wave guide”, determines the structure of matter Calcutta from
with the help of microwaves. It is most popularly that moment.
used in the investigation of particle Physics.
P.C. Ray & J.C. Bose together worked
in Presidency College and inspired many youngsters
to become scientists.
This demonstration
had
been reported
in an international magazine called “Electrician”
during that time. Important British dignitaries also
Our school books portray Marconi as watched the JC Bose demonstrations at
the hero and the inventor of “Wireless Technol- Calcutta.
ogy” or Radio. We are told that in the year 1901, On September 21
Marconi had transmitted the Morse code without
using wires for the first time. He had transmitted
them across the continents between England
and Canada and became its Inventor.
November & December 2008 Bharatiya Pragna
st 1896, JC Bose delivered
a lecture cum demonstration at Royal
Institute, London on wireless transmission. Eminent
scientists including Marconi were present
in that session.