Bernocchi's wireless iconograph. Francesco de Bernocchi (centre) with his 'wireless iconograph', a fax-like machine that could wirelessly send figures

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Bernocchi's wireless iconograph. Francesco de Bernocchi (centre) with his 'wireless iconograph', a fax-like machine that could wirelessly send figures and drawings. It transmitted via 'Hertzian waves', which are electromagnetic waves produced by the oscillation of electricity in a conductor. Photographed in Turin, Italy, circa 1912.

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Keywords: 1912, 20th, adult, black--white, caucasian, century, europe, european, fax, hertzian, historical, history, human, iconograph, italian, italy, machine, male, man, monochrome, people, person, technological, technology, transmission, turin, wave, wireless