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IT is eighteen months or more since Mr. Marconi A succeeded in establishing wireless communication across the Atlantic. On that occasion a few congratulatory messages were exchanged, a great deal was ...

Guglielmo Marconi is clearly the father of wireless telegraphy, but between SOS. calls and the Happiness Boys lies a long period of experimental development. Many men have contributed to radio ...

WHEN Mr. Marconi first came over to England in 1896, Mr. Swinton was the means by which he was introduced to Sir William Preece, and the latter, having just then come to the conclusion that his ...

Marconi Mark II television camera head, made by Marconi's Wireless Telegraphy Company Limited, British, 1951.

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