Once Upon a Time... The Discoverers


Marconi and the Waves (E19)

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  • France Marconi et les ondes

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“Transmission” is today’s keyword when Maestro starts telling his story. He describes the adventurous methods of the Egyptians to carry information, and those of the Greek, and mentions the Indians with their smoke signals. But not until the end of the 19th century, an Italian would succeed in discovering the transmission by means of waves. Guglielmo Marconi was born in Bologna in 1874. He developed a wireless bell… (iTunes)

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