The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-04-27

Prof. Augusta Righi. one OF the most
noted OF Italian physicists. The pro-
fessor invited him TO his own summer
home at Montese and there they made
experiments which they later repeat
cd in the laboratory of the University
of Bologna.
During the next two years Marconi
continued his experiments i'm Bologna
and gradually improved his apparatus
for sending and receiving. In 1896 he
( came To England and succeeded I'm
/ winning the patronage of the British
postal officials. under whose auspices
he carried out signaling experiments
on Salisbury Plain and at Penarth. His
success in sending signals between
/ Penarth and Weston was SO satisfac-
( tory that the Italian ministry OF war
! invited Marconi TO conduct expert
ments upon a large scale at Spezzia.
Several OF the European governments
began 10 take interest In Marconis in
vention and offerer him facilities for
carrying on his experiments. The
young inventor was honored by the
late Queen Victoria. 10 whom he was
presented at Windsor and found an
] enthusiastic patron In King Victor
Emmanuel. who. firmly convinced Of
the great possibilities of the invention,
had wireless station erected at COL
tano.
When Marconi made his first ex-
periments his crude apparatus was not
capable of transmitting wireless sig
nails more than a hundred feet. But
the young inventor firmly believed that
the limit of distance could be greatly
increased by perfecting the appara
tus. He devoted himself TO the task Of
making his apparatus more sensitive
and succeeded so we'll that soon after
his arrival i'm England he was able 60
miles on Salisbury plain. Next he
crossed the British Channel with
message. n distance of eight miles u
required two years experiments To at
tain this distance.
The experiments and tests which
Ntit llltNt III NdIlOuS countries vi G<u-
rope and in the United States and
Canada proved beyond doubt that
Marconis invention was of great sci
cntifc value, but the commercial val
ne of the invention was really not
fully recognized until it was shown
that by means of this invention it was
possible to communicate from the
shore with ships hundreds OF miles out
ut sea. Wireless stations were erected
In many places throughout Europe and
chain of them along the Canadian
and American coast. The Cunard
company was the first to equip It's
steamers with wireless apparatus and
soon other steamship companies fol-
lowed the example and even many
freight steamers were provided with
wireless outfits.
The next important step was reach
ed when, on December 49, 1901. the
code signal for the letter IS" was
the station on Signal Hill, st. Johns
~ f., distance of 2.100 miles. on
January 10, 1903. Marconi succeeded
In sending greetings from President
Roosevelt TO King Edward. from Well
fleet. Mass, to Cornwall. a distance OF
more Than 5000 miles. Since then
many improvements were made i'm the
system and the distance limits stead
lily extended, until there was no longer
any doubt that in the course of time
II would be possible to send wireless
messages around the world.
The governments of Europe showed
the young inventor their recognition
of his genius by showering honors up
on him and comforting upon him vari-
Gus important decorations and honor
airy distinctions. oxford and Glasgow
as well as other universities i'm Europe
the United States and Canada confer
red honorary degrees upon him. I'M
1904 the wife of Marconi. whom he
had married in that year was received
at the Italian court and i'm 1911 she
was appointed lady-in- waiting to the
queen. Marconi was made a life mem
Der of the Italian Senate in the early
part of 1912.
Marconi is now engaged i'm expert
ments which give promise of further
Ymazing the world.