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Wheatstone, Sir Charles

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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Celebrated physicist and electrician, born near Gloucester; was a man of much native ingenuity, and gave early proof of it; was appointed professor of Experimental Philosophy in King's College, London, and distinguished himself by his inventions in connection with telegraphy; the stereoscope was of his invention (1802-1875).

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Wheatstone, Sir Charles'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​w/wheatstone-sir-charles.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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