LORD KELVIN'S work was great and many-sided. We might compare it to the cathedral in some crowded mediaeval city, where no place can be found commanding a general view. You approach by one narrow ...

ON previous occasions I have had the honour of describing before this institution some of the stages through which the application of electric waves to telegraphy through space has passed. This ...

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Now we come to what I consider the “fun” part of this article: Granville Woods’ inventions and patents. There are some who say that the number of patents Woods obtained is at least 60, may be even ...

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Last week I began this discussion of Civil War infrastructure in Arkansas with a look at roads, railroads, bridges, and manufacturing of war material. The story continues with a look at telegraphy, ...

This article was originally published with the title “Radio-telegraphy at the Eiffel Tower” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 111 No. 16 (October 1914), p. 321 ...