A chance "eureka moment" by a Scottish physicist solved a problem that had plagued the transatlantic cable -- and made a lord out of the man who had the insight. One of the fundamental problems of ...

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IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. William Einthoven (1860-1927), a ...

A galvanometer housed in a brown wooden box. Used as a submarine telegraph test apparatus. Box is hinged on one end and opens to become the stand for the galvanometer. (The key for the latch is lost ...

I MUST confess that I was surprised by Mr. R. E. Baynes' communication, in NATURE, vol. xix. p. 33, that the galvanometer I have proposed in NATURE, vol. xviii. p. 707, has already been described.