The Story of Great Inventions

MARCONI WIRELESS TELEGRAPH STATION, CLIFDEN, IRELAND
Photographed at night while sending a message across the Atlantic.
The terrific snapping of the electric discharge is heard by one standing near the station, but no light is seen. The strange light given out from the network of wires is invisible to the eye, but is caught by the photographic plate.
THE SAME STATION PHOTOGRAPHED BY DAYLIGHT
BY ELMER ELLSWORTH BURNS
Instructor in Physics in the Joseph Medill High School, Chicago
WITH MANY ILLUSTRATIONS
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON MCMX
Copyright, 1910, by Harper & Brothers
Published November, 1910. Printed in the United States of America
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