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20 All About Inventions with widespread appreciation among travellers upon the seven seas. Incidentally another development was introduced upon this voyage—the maintenance of telegraphic communication between passengers and the main- land. Several travellers seized the opportunity to send telegrams to friends and relatives from mid- Channel announcing their arrival. Apart from the novelty of this occasion the fact was revealed that a highly remunerative business might be founded upon this traffic, and in this connection anticipations were not denied, as the volume of such business to-day testifies very conclusively. This establishment of communication between a liner travelling at 20 knots and the shore, although carried out upon the spur of the moment and in an unpretentious manner, was not without its tangible results. A German steamship company saw its ad- vantages and secured the installation of a wireless set upon its fastest Atlantic greyhound, and two stations ashore. This was the first ship to be equipped with wireless for the assistance of navigation and the convenience of the passengers, and it proved exceed- ingly popular, 565 messages being handled within less than six months. The next move, so far as marine operations were concerned, was the equip- ment of the packet boats running between Dover and Ostend. Long-distance wireless having been proved to be feasible beyond the shadow of a doubt, Mr. Marconi now devoted his attention to the fulfilment of his most ambitious dream—the establishment of etheric communication between Great Britain and North