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William Thomson

William Thomson is associated with the development of Submarine telegraph cables. William Thomson's mirror galvanometer detected very weak currents on long submarine cables and supported lower-voltage reception, linking cable engineering to improved electrical measurement.

Period
1858
Known for
Submarine telegraph cables
Historical contribution

What Thomson contributed

William Thomson's mirror galvanometer detected very weak currents on long submarine cables and supported lower-voltage reception, linking cable engineering to improved electrical measurement.

Why it mattered

Crosses oceans through fixed near-real-time electrical paths.

Connected topics

Where this fits in ITEM

Submarine telegraph cables
Evidence

Sources and further reading

  1. Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858:

    Science Museum Group · 1858

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