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Lot 7: A Page from The Graphic, 11 January 1902

A Page from The Graphic, 11 January 1902, Illustrating Marconi’s First Trans-Atlantic Signal

Illustrating Marconi’s First Trans-Atlantic Signal.Lithographic prints of drawings based on original sketches made in Newfoundland, illustrating the reception by Marconi and his assistant George Kemp of wireless signals transmitted from Cornwall. The article begins: ‘The close of the first year of the new century has witnessed what must be regarded as one of the greatest triumphs of applied science.’