The Electronics Revolution Inventing the Future

4 Introduction
What did Marconi do when the world began to change to electronics? The record of
people and organizations, when the technology on which they depend becomes obsolete,
is not good. He was lucky in that he employed J. Ambrose Fleming as a consultant and so,
by chance, his company came to hold one of the key patents. He had the foresight to
employ Henry Round to develop the necessary devices, so the company smoothly made
the transition. The great arc transmitters were phased out, and electronics took over.
NOTE
1. The whole story of Marconi’s exploits is well covered at the website Marconi Calling available
at: http://www.marconicalling.co.uk/introsting.htm