Wired Magazine Author: Randy Alfred Article Mentions
Author, Randy AlfredMentioned, Anne Jameson Mentioned, Augusto Mentioned, Guglielmo Mentioned, The Atlantic Mentioned, Wired Magazine
Dec. 12: Inventor Guglielmo Marconi amazes a London assemblage in 1896 with a demonstration of wireless communication across a room. Five years later to the date, Marconi sends the first signal across an ocean. Marconi was the son of an Italian country gentleman and Irish whiskey heiress Anne Jameson. He took an early interest in physics, especially electricity. His neighbor in Bologna, physics professor Augusto Righi, encouraged Marconi to study the work of Heinrich Hertz. In the attic of his villa, Marconi replicated Hertzs experiments on Hertzian waves, detecting sparks in one circuit with another circuit a few meters away. By 1895 the young man extended the range to 2 kilometers. Marconi tried to interest the Italian Ministry of Posts a...(read more)
... Dec. 12: Inventor Guglielmo Marconi amazes a London assemblage in 1896 with a demonstration of wireless communication across a room. Five years later to the date, Marconi sends the first signal across an ocean. Marconi was the son of an Italian count ...
... He took an early interest in physics, especially electricity. His neighbor in Bologna, physics professor Augusto ...
... Righi, encouraged Marconi to study the work of Heinrich Hertz. In the attic of his villa, Marconi replicated Hertzs experiments on Hertzian waves, detecting sparks in one circuit with another circuit a few meters away. By 1895 the young man extended ...
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