recording, sound was recorded electronically on metal wire.
In the 1930's computers started to mature.
Radar (radio detecting and ranging) was being researched and developed
through the early 1900's. Radar is the ability to see, find, track, and range objects
using eeewaves.
In 1957, a Russian scientist put the first satellite, in an orbit, in outer
space. This started off the reality of space travel, aerial recognizance, and
communications relays.
The purpose of this short history is to enlighten you to how long this stuff
has been around. Technology is over a hundred years old. Thousands of inventions
were developed from the harnessing of electricity back in the 1800's. We have
millions of them now. I only listed here a small few of them, that are directly used
for stealth technology.
A Short History of the Economy, Business, and Technology.
Back in the 1800's the economy was very slow compared to what it is today.
There was no such thing as national marketing. Transportation was also pretty
slow. Steam engined trains existed, but the horse and stagecoach were still the
main mode of transportation, next to walking. Most people had to hunt, gather,
and,or prepare their own food. They didn't have refrigerators or freezer to
preserve it. Most of the businesses that did exist, usually sold their products or
services to the town they lived in. There was no such thing as mass production
either. A good black smith could produce about six accurate rifles a year, making
them by hand. The post office was set up by the government back then and the
fastest way to send mail was by pony express. Otherwise it went by train or
stagecoach. Education back in those days went kind of slow too. If you wanted an
education you had to go out and get one on your own. Most people back in those
days built their own houses. Log cabins, with dirt floors, were pretty popular. You
could barter for an ax or make one of your own, go cut down some trees, and build
one yourself. Back in those days, if you made a thousand dollars a year, you were
considered very well off.
During the later part of the 1800's, inventions started to grow rapidly, but
the economy was still pretty slow. When Alexander Graham Bell invented the
telephone, it didn't go on a national market over night. It's uses and availability
went kind of slow. It took years to establish a large network of phones for
communications, especially long distance communications.
One of the first uses of the phone was, as a security system. In 1877, a man
installed phones in four banks and a factory. They were operated with the first
switchboard. At night the phones were used as a burglar alarm. The phones were
kept on in the buildings and the person monitoring the switchboard could hear
whatever was going on in them. So, if a burglar were to enter, the person