Sir Charles Wheatstone, British
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Sir Charles Wheatstone, British
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Sir Charles Wheatstone, British inventor, (1899). Wheatstone (1802-1875) was a pioneer of electric telegraphy. In 1837, he and William Fothergill Cooke patented their five-needle telegraph machine, the first successful electric telecommunication device. Wheatstone received a knighthood in 1868. An Engraving from James Taylor's The Victorian Empire, William Mackenzie, London, 1899. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)
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January 28th, 2021
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