Sir Francis Ronalds

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Sir Francis Ronalds

Portrait of English inventor, Sir Francis Ronalds (1788-1873), inventor of the electric telegraph in 1816. He fitted his garden in Hammersmith with an electric telegraph but was refused when he offered his invention to the Admiralty. He published a detailed pamphlet on the invention in 1823, and was knighted in 1870

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1788 1816 1823 1873 30th Admiralty Detailed Electric Fitted Francis Hammersmith Invention Inventor Knighted Offered Pamphlet Refused Telegraph

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