History of radio upon the idea of grounding his transmitter and receiver. With these improvements the system was capable of transmitting signals up to and over hills. Marconi's experimental apparatus proved to be the first engineering-complete, commercially successful radio transmission system. Marconi's apparatus is also credited with saving the 700 people who survived the tragic "Titanic" disaster. In 1896, Marconi was awarded British patent 12039, "Improvements in transmitting electrical impulses and signals and in apparatus there-for", the first patent ever issued for a Hertzian wave (radio wave) base wireless telegraphic system. In 1897, he established a radio station on the Isle of Wight,
The Island at the Top of the World Too" in a family-oriented roadshow package. The film received an Academy Award nomination for its Art direction/set decoration by (Peter Ellenshaw, John B. Mansbridge, Walter H. Tyler, Al Roelofs, and Hal Gausman). A sequel was planned, entitled "The Lost Ones", based more closely on the original novel, but was abandoned when it became apparent that "Island at the Top of the World" would not be a box office success. The film presently holds a 43% rotten rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 7 reviews. Nora Sayre of "The New York Times" wrote, "At moments, the Scandinavian actors seem slightly hampered