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I never knew that the wires ran with the railway cars. Such an interesting article!

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What do you think of Mahlon Loomis' claims of achieving wireless telegraphy in 1866? Could it have been electrostatic transmission? Or a fluke?

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He was definitely a contender, and it’s entirely plausible he accomplished what he claimed to do. Fahie has a good account of Loomis’ work.

https://archive.org/details/historywirelesst00fahirich/page/68/mode/2up?q=loomis

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Fascinating. Thank you so much for the link!

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same here

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