
4 0 c m
34cm
actual image size: 26cm x 32cm
Description
Restored to approximately its original configuration, this Marconi short-wave radio transmitter was a product of the fast-growing electronics industry. Designed by one of the Italian radio pioneer Gugliemo Marconi's (1874-1937) own engineers, it was used to beam mesages to the United States and South America from a transmitting station at Dorchester, Dorset. Marconi discovered a way waves could be used to send mesages from one place to another without wires or cables, and made radio communication a practical proposition.
Image Details
Image Ref.
10308624
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