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Hughes was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in June 1880, [21] and won their Royal Medal in 1885. After Hughes' death the Hughes Medal was created by the Royal Society in his honour, to be awarded to other scientists " in recognition of an original discovery in the physical sciences, particularly electricity and magnetism or their ...
The culture of time and space, 1880–1918 (2nd ed. Harvard University Press, 2003). Leonard, Thomas C. "The Conquest of Time, Space, and Political Opponents." Reviews in American History 23#3 (1995), pp. 478–81. online; Müller, Simone M. Wiring the World: The Social and Cultural Creation of Global Telegraph Networks (Columbia University ...
Peter Christian Frederik Faber (7 October 1810 in Copenhagen – 25 April 1877) was a Danish telegraphy pioneer and song writer. In Denmark , he is remembered first and foremost for his songwriting. Faber was also an amateur photographer and is credited with the oldest photograph on record in Denmark.
Telegraphy is the long-distance transmission of messages where the sender uses symbolic codes, known to the recipient, rather than a physical exchange of an object bearing the message. Thus flag semaphore is a method of telegraphy, whereas pigeon post is not.
Pages in category "1880s songs" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. F. Football Crazy; H.
George May Phelps (March 19, 1820 – May 18, 1888) was a 19th-century American inventor of automated telegraphy equipment. He is credited with synthesizing the designs of several existing printers into his line of devices [1] which became the dominant apparatus for automated reception and transmission of telegraph messages.
Contemporary map of the 1858 transatlantic cable route. Transatlantic telegraph cables were undersea cables running under the Atlantic Ocean for telegraph communications. . Telegraphy is an obsolete form of communication, and the cables have long since been decommissioned, but telephone and data are still carried on other transatlantic telecommunication
1880s songs (10 C, 3 P) Pages in category "1880s in music" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.