“...talk to each other (and to the shore) by way of the relatively-new invention of Gugliermo Marconi”
Actually, Nikola Tesla was the inventor of wireless radio.
You know, another FReeper pointed that out to me as well. And, it’s true. As I also told the other fine FReeper who reminded me, Nikola Tesla was, as described by author Spider Robinson, “the most screwed-over man in history”.
When I re-tell this story in the future, I shall endeavor to remember that.
“Nikola Tesla was the inventor of wireless radio.”
That is correct! Tesla won the Supreme Court battle over the issue, When told of Marconi’s success, Tesla said something like;
“Great! He’s using 11 of my patents.”
Sort of the same circumstance as Edison and the light bulb. He didn’t invent it, he bought the patents for it, then made it practical.
Well at least Tesla has been memorialized by a regime-affiliated battery powered sedan.