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George Owen Squier (March 21, 1865 – March 24, 1934) was an American general, scientist, and inventor [2] best known for inventing and popularizing what today is called Muzak. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Life and military career
Inventor George Owen Squier, credited with inventing telephone carrier multiplexing in 1910, developed the original technical basis for Muzak. [7] [8] [9] He was granted several US patents in the 1920s [9] related to transmission of information signals, among them U.S. patent 1,641,608 a system for the transmission and distribution of signals over electrical lines.
As radio broadcasting got underway in the 1920s, an entrepreneur named George Owen Squier (1865–1934), a major general in charge of the U.S. Army Signal Corps, invented a method to deliver music over leased telephone lines on a subscription basis.
Major General George Owen Squier USA, – Chief Signal Officer of the United States Army in World War I, inventor of telephone carrier multiplexing in 1910 and Muzak background music; Rear Admiral Charles Johnston Badger – Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy; Rear Admiral John R. Bartlett – Oceanographer; Rear Admiral George ...
In the early 1920s, George Owen Squier was granted patents for a system for the transmission and distribution of signals over electrical lines, [11] which was the technical basis for what later became Muzak, a technology for streaming continuous music to commercial customers without the use of radio.
The General G. O. Squier class of transport ships was built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. The class was based upon the Maritime Commission's Type C4 ship. The class was named for United States Army Major General George Owen Squier. [1] [2] The first ship was launched in November 1942, while the last was launched in April 1945.
By 1911, Major General George Owen Squier was conducting some of the earliest studies designed to put carrier current transmissions, which he called "wired wireless", to practical use. [2] To be effective, the radio transmitter must be capable of generating pure continuous-wave AM transmissions.
Squier is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Billy Squier (born 1950), American rock musician; Carl Browne Squier (1893–1967), American World War I aviation pioneer; Cecil Clyde Squier (died 1951), American politician from Maryland; Ephraim George Squier (1821–1888), American archaeologist; George Owen Squier (1863–1934 ...