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IN the beginning of the present year a Society of Telegraph Engineers was established for the general advancement of electrical and telegraphic science, intended to include not only those persons who are professionally connected with telegraphy, but those also who from their position and pursuits are enabled to render assistance in telegraphic enterprise. The institution has made a successful and promising commencement, the members at the opening meeting in February last numbering 110, the list including the historical names of Wheatstone and Cooke, the distinguished names of Thompson, Tyndall, and others scarcely less renowned for their important contributions to electrical science. The President, Mr. C. W. Siemens, D.C.L., in the course of his inaugural address, said:—
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The Electric Telegraph—Its Improvement and Capabilities . Nature 6, 282–283 (1872). https://doi.org/10.1038/006282a0
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