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Rise of Wireless From Fable to Fact and Its Global Reach
A nostalgic piece traces wireless from a North Pole fantasy to a modern reality. It cites early pioneers Hertz and Dolbear, the Titanic and Republic rescues, and in detail how trans oceanic links, government contracts, and naval training expanded the system worldwide with stations in Arlington San Francisco Guantanamo and beyond.
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Ebipa Republic
Florida
Republic
La Bour@ogns
Knowa
Jack Binns
Aome
Harold S. Bride
Marsoni
Harold T. Cottam
Carpathia
The
Senate
Gottam
Young Bride
Cardinal Farley
England
Cyprus
Aden
Ceylon
Straits Settlements
Western Australia
New Zealand
Dominions
Marconi
Marcon Company
Marcon! Company
Amos Dolbear
Tufts College
Arlington
Potomac
Washlington
Fort Myer
North Atlantic Ocean
Naval Base
Guantanamo
Cuba
San Francisco
Canal Zone
Washington
Pacific Coast
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Naval Electrician
Elect
Space
Doctor Hertz
Hertz
Oliver Lodge
William Marcon
Mike Thie
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