At once Marconi went to work . Sounds can be made to travel , he thought , if they are given a push by electricity . If i can push a piece of wood across the waves on water , I can also send sounds through the air waves by electrical power .
A few weeks later he called his mother and father up to his workroom for a surprise . He touched a little machine , and two floors below there was the sound of a buzz . ' How did you do it ?' they asked . ' your machine is so far from the sound . ' 'That's right , ' he said joyfully . ' I have just found a way to carry sound without wires - a wireless way .'
Although Marconi 's father did not think the wireless sound would ever be important , he gave his son some money to continue his work . 'Father , with this money i am going to send messages round the world .
