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C. F. Varley

male, deceased (1883)
Cromwell Fleetwood Varley (April 6, 1828 - September 2, 1883) was an English engineer, particularly associated with the development of the electric... More
Search For: Transatlantic telegraph cable Cromwell Fleetwood Varley Fellow of the Royal Society electrical engineer inventor engineer … electric telegraph
William Thomson 1st Baron Kelvin

William Thomson 1st Baron Kelvin

male, deceased (1907)
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, OM, GCVO, PC, PRS, FRSE, (26 June 1824 - 17 December 1907) was a mathematical physicist, engineer, and... More
Search For: Tripos Wranglers buried at Westminster Abbey Order of Merit electricity mathematics Fellow of the Royal Society … electric telegraph
Sears Cook Walker

Sears Cook Walker

male, deceased (1853)
Sears Cook Walker (March 28, 1805 - January 30, 1853) was an American astronomer. Born at Wilmington, Massachusetts son of Benjamin Walker and... More
Search For: Astronomische Nachrichten Astronomical Notes chronograph fired longitude United States Coast Survey … electric telegraph
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Georges-Louis Le Sage

male, deceased (1803)
Georges-Louis Le Sage was a Swiss physicist and is most known for his theory of gravitation, for his invention of a electric telegraph and his... More
Search For: Fellow of the Royal Society Protestant kinetic theory electric telegraph theory of gravitation kinetic theory of gravity
Thomas Russell Crampton

Thomas Russell Crampton

male, deceased (1888)
Thomas Russell Crampton (August 6 1816 - April 19 1888) was an English engineer born at Broadstairs, Kent. He is best known for designing the... More
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