This, the greatest by far of all the marvels of the electric telegraph, is due to a young countryman of our own, Mr. Graham Bell, of Edinburgh and Montreal, and Boston, now becoming a naturalised citizen of the United States. A Manual of Telephony - Page 4by William Henry Preece, Arthur James Stubbs - 1893 - 508 pagesFull view - About this book
| American essays - 1888 - 928 pages
...disc armature of just such another little electro-magnet as the one which I now hold in my hand. . . . This, the greatest by far of all the marvels of the...telegraph, is due to a young countryman of our own, Mr. Graham Bell, of Edinburgh and Montreal and Boston, now becoming a naturalized citizen of the United... | |
| Electrical engineering - 1882 - 546 pages
...through an electric wire, by the aid of the invention of Mr. Graham Bell, which he then pronounced to be "the greatest by far of all the marvels of the electric telegraph." In 1877, at Plymouth, I had the pleasure of showing in actual operation the finally developed instrument... | |
| James Samuelson, William Crookes - Science - 1876 - 606 pages
...voice by Prof. Watson at the far end of the line, holding his mouth close to a stretched membrane, carrying a little piece of soft iron, which was thus...far of all the marvels of the electric telegraph, was due to a young countryman of our own, Mr. Graham Bell, of Edinburgh and Montreal, and Boston. Who... | |
| Institution of Electrical Engineers - Electrical engineering - 1877 - 614 pages
...clear and loud voice by my colleague judge, Professor Watson, at the far end of the telegraph wire, holding his mouth close to a stretched membrane, such...telegraph, is due to a young countryman of our own, Mr. Graham Bell, of Ediuburgh and Montreal and Boston, now becoming a naturahsefl citizen of the United... | |
| Electricity - 1877 - 634 pages
...clear and loud voice by my colleague judge, Professor Watson, at the far end of the telegraph wire, holding his mouth close to a stretched membrane, such...telegraph, is due to a young countryman of our own, Mr. Graham Bell, of Edinburgh and Montreal and Boston, now becoming a naturalised citizen of the United... | |
| English periodicals - 1877 - 796 pages
...Prof. Watson, at the far end of the line, holding his mouth close to a stretched membrane, carrying a piece of soft iron, which was thus made to perform...telegraph, is due to a young countryman of our own, Mr. Graham Bell, of Edinburgh, and Montreal, and Boston, now about to become a naturalised citizen of the... | |
| Andrew Wynter - 1877 - 348 pages
...was thus made to perform in the neighbourhood of an electro-magnet in circuit with the linemotions, proportional to the sonorific motions of the air....telegraph, is due to a young countryman of our own, Mr. Graham Bell, of Edinburgh, Montreal, and Boston, now a naturalized citizen of the United States. Who... | |
| British Association for the Advancement of Science - Science - 1877 - 826 pages
...the neighbourhood of an electromagnet in circuit with the line motions proportional to the sonorilic motions of the air. This, the greatest by far of all...telegraph, is due to a young countryman of our own, Mr. Graham Bell, of Edinburgh and Montreal and Boston, now becoming a naturalized citizen of the United... | |
| Amos Emerson Dolbear - Telephone - 1877 - 140 pages
...at Philadelphia, and concerning which Sir William Thompson said on his return to England, " This is the greatest by far of all the marvels of the electric telegraph." The popular impression has been, concerning the telephone, that the sound was in some way conveyed... | |
| Samuel Garner - 1878 - 34 pages
...Centennial Exposition, at Philadelphia, and concerning which Sir Wm. Thompson exclaimed, " This is the greatest by far of all the marvels of the Electric Telegraph." This, however, did not act well as a receiving instrument, but necessitated for this purpose the use... | |
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