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Original apparatus used in first long-distance wireless telegraphy experiments, Lavernock, 1897

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Original apparatus used in first long distance wireless telegraphy experiments by Marconi and postal telegraph engineers across the Bristol Channel between Lavernock (Glamorgan) and Weston-super-Mare, May 1897. Earlier that month, Marconi had successfully transmitted the first-ever wireless message over water from Lavernock to Flat Holm island.

Owner:
Cardiff Central Library
Creator:
Davies, S.L
License information:
Reproduced by permission of Cardiff Central Library
Copyright Details:
Cardiff Central Library 2002
Publisher Ref:
GTJ73226
Item uploaded:
18/2/2010
Date originally created:
1897
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