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A tribute to Guglielmo Marconi

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Channel: PA3DMI · 2010 · Science & Technology

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Guglielmo Marconi was born at Bologna, Italy, on April 25, 1874, the second son of Giuseppe Marconi, an Italian country gentleman, and Annie Jameson, daughter of Andrew Jameson of Daphne Castle in the County Wexford, Ireland. He was educated privately at Bologna, Florence and Leghorn. Even as a boy he took a keen interest in physical and electrical science and studied the works of Maxwell, Hertz, Righi, Lodge and others. In 1895 he began laboratory experiments at his father's country estate at Pontecchio where he succeeded in sending wireless signals over a distance of one and a half miles.

His most famous patent is No. 7777 :-)

Source: 

http://www.marconisociety.org/

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1909/marconi-bio.html

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