Guglielmo Marconi
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Guglielmo Marconi and his instrument inside Cabot Tower, Signal Hill, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. Photoo taken on 12 December 1901, the day he demonstrated sending a wireless signal across the Atlantic Ocean.
Credit: Library and Archives Canada/C-005945.
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