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Marconi's father,
an Italian country
gentleman, wanted
his son to study
music, but Marconi
preferred to play
with electrical
apparatus in the
attic. His first
experiments with
wireless tele-
graphy were
conducted in a
farmyard barn
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A converted
steam wagon
containing his
wireless equip-
ment gave Marconi
the mobility to
experiment with
different locations
and different
heights, and so find
the perfect spot for
transmitting and
receiving
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Marconi's great
triumph came in
1901 when he
successfully
sent signals from
Cornwall, England,
to Newfoundland
in Canada. The
news caused a
sensation around
the world
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TO COME from
science writer
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Marconi had a
fully equipped
radio room on his
yacht, Elettra. He
sailed around the
Atlantic Ocean
conducting
experiments on
the use of radio
for direction
finding. His work
enabled navigators
to chart a course
through fog
without the risk
of collision
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The uses of radio
caught the public
imagination in
1910 when the
murderer Dr.
Crippen fled from
England. Wireless
messages passed
from ship to
shore ensured his
arrest upon
arrival in Canada
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When the
'unsinkable'
Titanic sunk
in 1912 the
loss of life
might have
been even
greater had
it not been
for distress
messages
broadcast by
wireless from
on board the ship
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By the Thirties,
millions of
households had
radios (or
'wirelesses', as
they were called
in Britain). The
radio became an
important social
glue: everyone
listened to the
same broadcasts,
heard the same
news, and came
to know the
sound of their
leaders' voices
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By the Sixties
radio waves could
be transmitted
far beyond the
earth to other
planets. Radio
telescopes looked
far beyond our
solar system.
Marconi's inven-
tion helped make
possible the
exploration
of space
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