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A. E. (Amos Emerson) Dolbear
Amos Emerson Dolbear (1837–1910) was an American physicist, inventor, and author known for his pioneering work in wireless communication. He authored several scientific books, including "The Art of Projecting" and "The Telephone," and held patents that contributed to the development of the telephone. Dolbear is credited with inventing a wireless telegraphy device in 1882, predating Marconi’s radio transmission by several years. His work in electromagnetism and acoustics helped lay the foundation for future innovations in telecommunication technologies.
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CHAPTER I Ideas of phenomena ancient and modern, metaphysical and mechanical—Imponderables—Forces, invented and discarded—Explanations—Energy, its factors, Kinetic and Potential—Motions, kinds and transformations of—Mechanical, molecular, and atomic—Invention of Ethers, Faraday's conceptions. ‘And now we might add something concerning a most subtle spirit which pervades and lies...
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ELECTRICITY. Some of the phenomena of electricity are manifested upon so large a scale as to be thrust upon the attention of everybody. Thus lightning, which accompanies so many showers in warm weather in almost every latitude, has always excited in some individuals a superstitious awe, as being an exhibition of supernatural agency; and probably every one feels more or less dread of it during a...
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