Unsigned handwritten notes in Italian by Guglielmo Marconi, three pages on two 4.25 x 5.5 cards of the Reale Accademia d'Italia, no date. Marconi provides a handwritten synopsis of his development of the radio telegraph, in part (translated): "1901 / 1902 Carlo Alberto…Contributed to the set-up of Coltano Station 1905 - 1910 / Dedicated to the development of the R. T. [radio telegraph] services in Italy and especially of the Radio Maritime services in other countries also. From 1927 the Radio Maritime services have been managed by an Italian enterprise, the IT RAD Maritime Society. From 1928 I did not take active part in the administration of the Marconi Company, to be able to apply myself to my technical work and to other tasks that have been entrusted to me by the [Italian, deleted] Fascist government. Italian R. T. personnel have more benefits than the English personnel, especially regarding sicknesses and in case they are fired." In fine condition.
Marconi provides a unique biography of his greatest invention and his dedication to "the development of the R. T. (radio telegraph) services in Italy and especially of the Radio Maritime services in other countries also," which enabled the wireless transmission of messages across the Atlantic Ocean. The "Carlo Alberto" referenced was the Italian Navy battleship from which Marconi conducted wireless experiments in 1902, successfully transmitting radio communications across the mountain chains of Europe.
From his first wireless station at Coltano, located in Italy, he exchanged communications between Clifden, Ireland, and Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, introducing the world to a new era of radio telegraph technology between. Years later, Marconi would align himself with Italian dictator, Benito Mussolini, becoming fully immersed in the Italian Fascist party in 1923. In 1928, Marconi would take a step back from his namesake company "to be able to apply myself to my technical work and to other tasks that have been entrusted to me by the…Fascist government." In 1930, Mussolini appointed Marconi president of the Royal Academy of Italy, making the inventor a member of the Fascist Grand Council. An exceptionally rare, firsthand account from the influential inventor.
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