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Chapter | Guglielmo Marconi’s Magnetic Detector in a Cigar Box. The ‘Self-Made’ Myth
Guglielmo Marconi’s Magnetic Detector in a Cigar Box. The ‘Self-Made’ Myth
Abstract
The artefact analysed in this text is a small, wooden cigar box of approximately 25 × 16 × 3 cm, with red and black coloured edges, and glued to a slightly larger wooden plank. We notice it is a cigar box because of the many inscriptions on the wood, and because of the remains of the revenue label near the box opening and the logo of the cigar brand Conte di Cavour. It also contains two horseshoe magnets, is attached to a wooden board replacing its bottom, and contains a coil of copper wires through which a braid of iron wire and silk passes.
Published April 30, 2025 | Language: en
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