Background
He was born in King"s County, Ireland (now Offaly).
He was born in King"s County, Ireland (now Offaly).
He came early to the United States and learned telegraphy at Hartford, Connecticut Gradually he worked up from office boy to be superintendent of lines. Later he was also a newspaper correspondent, editor, and writer
His inventions include more than 150 patents, covering anti-induction cables, synchronous multiplex telegraphy by means of which six messages may be sent simultaneously over one wire, automatic ocean-cable systems, and rapid-machine telegraphy for land lines.
His automatic telegraph system was capable of transmitting and recording 3000 words a minute over a single wire. From 1893 to 1895 he was a vice president of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, Doctorate. C. Thurston, H. T. Colby, F. M., eds. (1905).
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