Chevalier Gugliemo Marconi
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The House of Commons, 1902.
Marconi - 'the man whose name will forever be associated with the stupendous discovery or invention - wireless telegraphy' invented 'two instruments of weird and almost uncanny powers - a "transmitter" which sends a message on a magnetic wave from one continent to another, across thousands of miles of sea, undisturbed even by the swift and overpowering rush and roar of the tempest, and a "receiver", which registers communication almost the moment after it has been despatched.'
Michael MacDonagh, Sir Benjamin Stones Pictures, Parliamentary Scenes and Portraits, 1903.
Location: The Benjamin Stone Photographic Collection, n13753-001
