Marconi on the Isle of Wight

Name: Marconi on the Isle of Wight
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ISBN: 9780755207206

ISBN-10: 0755207203

ISBN-13: 9780755207206

Edition: 2013

Authors: Tim Wander

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In November 1897, a twenty-three year old Italian inventor visited the Royal Needles Hotel that overlooked Alum Bay on the west coast of the Isle of Wight. The young Guglielmo Marconi's proposal to rent rooms to perform his 'experiments' over the deserted winter months was warmly welcomed by the hotels proprietors. Marconi used some of the working capital of his newly formed Wireless Telegraph & Signal Company to convert the hotel's billiard room and install his equipment and spark transmitter. Several small ships were hiredand fitted with wireless aerials and receivers while moored at the pier below. A huge mast, 168 feet high, had to be hauled up the cliff face of Alum Bay and raised in…

Book details

Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Authors OnLine, Limited
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 234
Size: 7.44" wide x 9.69" long x 0.49" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English