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Description: | A Vivex colour photograph entitled 'The Late Hon. Marchese Marconi', taken by Dr Douglas A Spencer in 1934. Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937) was a pioneer of wireless telegraphy. He conducted his first experiments in Bologna in 1895, and in 1898 transmitted a radio signal across the English Channel. In 1901 he successfully transmitted a series of signals across the Atlantic, from Cornwall to Newfoundland, Canada, proving for the first time that long-distance radio communication was a practical possibility. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Subjects: | Vivex colour print photograph | Temporal: | 1934 | Source: | Science Museum | Creator: | Spencer, Douglas Arthur | Identifier: | 1990-5036/6071/31 | Go to resource |
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