Q. Which scientist experimentally proved the existance of electromagnetic waves?

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Solution:

In , Maxwell on mathematical back ground assumed that an oscillating electric charge produces the electromagnetic waves of frequency equal to the frequency of oscillations of the charge. Hertz, in , experimentally found that an oscillating electric charge produces the electromagnetic waves. Then in , J.C. Bose experimentally produced the electromagnetic waves of wavelength in the range of to nearly. Then in , Marconi could send the electromagnetic waves upto a distance of nearly by transmitting them through antenna. Thus, Hertz first experimentally proved the existance of electromagnetic waves.