In 1909, Guglielmo Marconi was awarded the Nobel Prize for his contribution to the development of wireless telegraphy. Here you will find a link to the lecture, which includes Marconi’s explanation of how he turned Hertzian waves into a wireless communications technology, in competition with cable telegraphy and uniquely for ship‐to‐shore and ship‐to‐ship communications.
Guglielmo Marconi – Nobel Lecture. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Prize Outreach AB 2021. Thu. 15 Jul 2021. <https://www.nobelprize.org/