Mahlon Loomis

Mahon Loomis born Oppenheim, NY

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Invented the wireless telegraph in 1872.

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Telegraph - 1872

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Loomis, a dentist, transmitted signals in October 1866 between two Virginia mountain tops, using kites as antennae. The signals traveled 18 miles.

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1866 - Virginia

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In 1870, Loomis successfully transmitted telegraphic signals between two ships which were two miles apart on the Chesapeake Bay. The U. S. Navy sponsored those experiments.

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1870 - U. S. Navy

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In January 1873, US Congress chartered the Loomis Aerial Telegraph Co. One congressman, pleading Loomis' case in the House, said, "He entertains a dream, and it may be only a dream, a wild dream that when his proposition comes to be fully applied, it may light and warm your houses...."

Related Topics:
1873 - US Congress - Congressman

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Eight months before he died in 1886, Loomis installed two "radio" stations in Terra Alta, West Virginia and transmitted messages two miles between them.

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