Friday, April 17, 2015

Telegram for you: for good communications, leaky cables are best

That’s Maths: The ideas of Oliver Heaviside, a controversial figure, paved the way to better telegraphy


In Wicklow town, an obelisk commemorates Robert Halpin, a master mariner born at the nearby Bridge Tavern. Halpin, one of the more important mariners of the 19th century, “helped to make the world a global village” by connecting continents withsubmarine telegraph cables.
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