Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937), Italian physicist and inventor Size:S: 60 x 45cm Pictured are workmen trying to

Pictured are workmen trying to crack the ice on the Gravesend pitch in preparation for the match

The Albert Bridge is on the left of the picture

15th July 1964

A print from Les Français Illustres

Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937), Italian physicist and inventor Size:S: 60 x 45cm Pictured are workmen trying toGuglielmo Marconi (1874 1937), Italian physicist and inventor, 1926. Marconi discovered a way in which waves could be used to send messages from one place to another without wires or cables. Having read about Heinrich Hertz's work with electromagnetic waves, he began experiments of his own, and in 1894 successfully sounded a buzzer 9 metres away from where he stood. In 1902 Marconi sent a radio signal across the Atlantic in Morse code. Five years