The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-20
Most Famous OfAH
 Scientists Is Dead
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since then 1t has saved the lives of thousands of ship-wrecked persons.
 Until his last day of life, Mar. coni was engaged in scientific re- search. Since 1eS6 he had been ex- perimenting with micro-waves--- tiny radio impulses so small that from peak to peak they had to be measured in centimeters.
 By hArnessing the penetrative force of these rays, he had hoped to eliminate many physical malad- justments of which surgery now is the only remedy, and to reduce the mortality of surgery. Tn warfare, he had hoped to use them to halt air- plane and automobile motors, and to direct wireless beam measures which could be picked up only by the inc tended receiver and not by an ene- my. He hoped also that they would reduce the cost of long distance commercial wireless transmission.
 First Wlreles Message
 Other men before him had been convinced that communication with out wires was possible, He transmit- ted the first wireless message across the Atlantic. Later he helped de- velop the vacuum tube which made possible the wireless transmission of the human voice. He developed short wave transmission for great distances.
 Marconi turned then to England. ae sent A message across the Eng fish channel to convince the Eng fish. They had their postoffice de- partment cooperate with him.
 Message Across Atlantic
 Marooni then decided to send message across the Atlantic ocean, Other scientists said 1t was impos- sible--that the euravture of the earth was bar to wireless trans mission for such Q long distnace. But Marconi believed that increased electrical energy and 0 high an- tennae would make 1t possible. He also had complete faith in the mag netic detector which made more stabel and secure the reception of wireless impulses.
 Marconi and his assistants built $2b0,00o worth of equipment. Al sending station was set up at Poldu England, and another on the bleak shores of Newfoundland.
 It was agreed to send Q series of 20 S'S-three dots each in the Morse code-at certain hour each day. Marooni and his assistants went to Newfoundland to receive the messages.
 They took with them balloons and kites which were to carry high into the air thin copper wire, to serve as on aerial. Marconl considered this more practical than building towers to support one.
 He Was Persistent
 For six days prior to December 12, 1901, Mareoni had tried to fly the kites but failed because of hlgL winds. On the fourth day kite was flown GOO feet into the air but no signals were heard. On the fifth day balloon was blown away, On the sixth day-Deoember i2--an- other kite was flown. It too was blown away, Mareoni was not diS- couragod. He sent up another one.
 At l2:30 D. m. Marconi heard three faint clicks in the telephone receiver, sanding out slearly from the disturbances caused by atmo- spheric electricity Ho heard the signals several times. Then he turned the instrument over to his assistant, c. II. Kemp, who also heard them. The Atlantic had beon Spanned by c 90 kilowatt spark set
 Marconi listened again the next day. The signals were received again and he announced the fact to the world.
 Radio Developed Rapidly
 From then on, development of ra. dio was rapid.
 Tn December, 1909, tho first eom- inoreial service was inaugturated bee tween Canada and England, In 1904, the first commercial service was inaugurated between the United States and Europe.
 Tn 1912, Marconi perfected Q new method of generating continuous waves, or the so-ealled system Of multiple sparks measured ct con- stant intervals. That same year, he lost on eye. He was h an auto- mobile accident and the eye was in- jured so badly it had to be removed From then on, he wore Q glass eye which marred slightly his otherwise handsome face.
 During the World war he was commissioned as on officer In both the army and navy. Followinug tho war he was named As Q delegate to the Paris peace conference,
 May 90, i024, was another import- ant milestone in his life. On that date, he transmitted the human voice from England to Australia. Jt was in the autumn of that year that he discovered waves of g me- ters or less could Do used to trang- init and receive messages ct maxi. mum distances during the day.
 He Loved the Sea
 Marconi loved the sea and spent most of his later years aboard his private yacht, Elettra, which was q floating laboratory. His hobbies were motoring, hunting and cycling
 He spent the last five or six years experimenting with nlicro-waves. He was convinced that tumors could be treated internally without the sur- geon's knife and that cold in the kidneys and other organs could Do treated with micro-waVes.
 His theory was that each patient should be studied carefully and micro waves used with due consld- eration for bone, tiessue structure and blood composition. He fre- quently said that micro waves would greatly reduce the nervous shock usually accompanying an operation He was known to have experiment. ed with a wave length Of 70 mili- meters for micro wave operations. 0TVA A A4EN