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Heroes of the Telegraph
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John Munro
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The
first
electric
tramway
run
at
Berlin
in
1879
was
followed
by
another
at
Dusseldorf
in
1880,
and
a
third
at
Paris
in
1881.
With
all
of
these
the
name
of
Werner
Siemens
was
chiefly
associated;
but
William
Siemens
had
also
taken
up
the
matter,
and
established
at
his
country
house
of
Sherwood,
near
Tunbridge
Wells,
an
arrangement
of
dynamos
and
water-wheel,
by
which
the
power
of
a
neighbouring
stream
was
made
to
light
the
house,
cut
chaff
turn
washing-machines,
and
perform
other
household
duties.
More
recently
the
construction
of
the
electric
railway
from
Portrush
to
Bushmills,
at
the
Giant's
Causeway,
engaged
his
attention;
and
this,
the
first
work
of
its
kind
in
the
United
Kingdom,
and
to
all
appearance
the
pioneer
of
many
similar
lines,
was
one
of
his
very
last
undertakings.
In
the
recent
development
of
electric
lighting,
William
Siemens,
whose
fame
had
been
steadily
growing,
was
a
recognised
leader,
although
he
himself
made
no
great
discoveries
therein.
As
a
public
man
and
a
manufacturer
of
great
resources
his
influence
in
assisting
the
introduction
of
the
light
has
been
immense.
The
number
of
Siemens
machines
and
Siemens
electric
lamps,
together
with
measuring
instruments
such
as
the
Siemens
electro-dynamometer,
which
has
been
supplied
to
different
parts
of
the
world
by
the
firm
of
which
he
was
the
head,
is
very
considerable,
and
probably
exceeds
that
of
any
other
manufacturer,
at
least
in
this
country.
Employing
a
staff
of
skilful
assistants
to
develop
many
of
his
ideas,
Dr.
Siemens
was
able
to
produce
a
great
variety
of
electrical
instruments
for
measuring
and
other
auxiliary
purposes,
all
of
which
bear
the
name
of
his
firm,
and
have
proved
exceedingly
useful
in
a
practical
sense.
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