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| Picture No | 10216137 |
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| Description | Sir Francis Ronalds |
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Sir Francis Ronalds (1788 - 1873), English inventor of the electric telegraph in 1816. He fitted his garden in Hammersmith with an electric telegraph but was refused when he offered his invention to the Admiralty. He published a detailed pamphlet on the invention in 1823, and was knighted in 1870.
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| Source | The Illustrated London News. 30 April 1870, page 464 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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