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Born in Bologna, Italy. Second son of Giuseppe Marconi, an Italian country gentleman, and Annie Jameson. It's a boy!
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Lived to be 63
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Privately educated in Bologna, Florence, and Leghorn. Studied Maxwell, Hertz, Righi, and Lodge. Was interested in physical and electrical science from a young age. Date Approximated.
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Worked at his father's country estate at Pontecchio; sent wireless signals 1.5 miles away. Could have thrown a note that far, radio signals simply a formality.
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He had brought his apparatus there. Who remembers Sir William Preece? Anyone?
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Disputed over for decades. Did Marconi really come up with anything new, or did he merely combine the old?
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Over 12 miles, now we're getting somewhere!
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Later renamed Marconi's Wireless Telegraph And Signal Company Limited when they figured his name would sell.
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Also established wireless stations at The Needles, Isle of Wight, at Bournemouth and later at the Haven Hotel, Poole, Dorset.
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Marconi's head inflated and pride finally took over.
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Marconi was determined to prove that wirless signals were not affected by the curvature of the Earth. He sent signals from Cornwall to St John's, Newfoundland.
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King of Italy created him Commander of the ORder of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus, and awarded him the Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Italy.
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First signals sent from a ship.
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Detector which became the standard wireless receiver for many years. Many years.
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Russia? What a traveler.
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Good for him.
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Cool
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Established between Glace Bay, Nova Scotia and Clifden, Ireland
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Shared with fellow Professor Karl Brawn, who happened to have massive guns.
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This was a system that contiuously generated waves
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Began as a Lieutenant and eventually became a Captain
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Mouthful.
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Must have gotten bored with the Army.
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In recognition of his war service in World War I. Unfortunately the date suggests this may have been a joke.
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Used for long distance communications for the up and rising long distance relationships. Or not.
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Accepted by the British Government, linking England and Canada. Happy Valentine's Day, eh?
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Not to be confused with Mar-cheese.
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First put to use between the Vatican City and the Pope, calling from his summer home in Castel Gandalfo. Supposedly to brag.
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Microwave used to cook TV dinners. Sailors have an inability to navigate on an empty stomach.
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That's all, folks!
