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Kris Millegan wrote:
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> from:
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/books/chap1/a_centur.htm
> <A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-
> srv/style/longterm/books/chap1/a_centur.htm">WashingtonPost.com: A Century of
> Spies </A>
> -----
> A Century of Spies
> By Jeffrey T. Richelson
>
> Chapter One: A Shady Profession
>
>
> During an 1895 vacation in the Italian Alps Marconi read a scientific
> paper which suggested to him that it might be possible to transmit
> signals through the air, rather than through wires. His enthusiasm for
> the idea led him to cut short his holiday and return to his top-floor
> laboratory--a spare room--at the Villa Griffone.
>
> Initial experiments seemed to indicate that while communication was
> possible, the range was limited to 100 yards or so at most. But Marconi
> discovered that raising the antenna to new heights resulted in a
> dramatic extension of range. On June 2, 1896, Marconi applied for the
> world's first patent for wireless telegraphy, which was quickly granted.
> On March 2, 1897, he filed the complete specifications and less than
> five months later the Wireless Telegraph and Signal Company opened, with
> the objective of developing the Marconi device commercially. A
> successful demonstration in August, witnessed by the king and queen of
> Italy, led to the Italian navy's adoption of Marconi's system. In
> October, he was able to establish communications between Salisbury and
> Bath, thirty-four miles apart.
>
Actually, what he had done was not simply realize that larger attennas.
This did not extend the reach of the signal very greatly. Rather he was
able to obtain information from Tesla's patents to make the thing work.
Howard Davis
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