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Heroes of the Telegraph
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John Munro
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By
diligent
service
he
won
the
esteem
of
Mr.
Beyerbach,
and
devoted
his
leisure
to
self-improvement,
taking
private
lessons
in
mathematics
and
physics,
and
attending
the
lectures
of
Professor
R.
Bottger
on
mechanics
at
the
Trade
School.
When
his
apprenticeship
ended
he
attended
the
Institute
of
Dr.
Poppe,
in
Frankfort,
and
as
neither
history
nor
geography
was
taught
there,
several
of
the
students
agreed
to
instruct
each
other
in
these
subjects.
Reis
undertook
geography,
and
believed
he
had
found
his
true
vocation
in
the
art
of
teaching.
He
also
became
a
member
of
the
Physical
Society
of
Frankfort.
In
1855
he
completed
his
year
of
military
service
at
Cassel,
then
returned
to
Frankfort
to
qualify
himself
as
a
teacher
of
mathematics
and
science
in
the
schools
by
means
of
private
study
and
public
lectures.
His
intention
was
to
finish
his
training
at
the
University
of
Heidelberg,
but
in
the
spring
of
1858
he
visited
his
old
friend
and
master,
Hofrath
Garnier,
who
offered
him
a
post
in
Garnier's
Institute.
In
the
autumn
of
1855
he
removed
to
Friedrichsdorf,
to
begin
his
new
career,
and
in
September
following
he
took
a
wife
and
settled
down.
Reis
imagined
that
electricity
could
be
propagated
through
space,
as
light
can,
without
the
aid
of
a
material
conductor,
and
he
made
some
experiments
on
the
subject.
The
results
were
described
in
a
paper
'On
the
Radiation
of
Electricity,'
which,
in
1859,
he
posted
to
Professor
Poggendorff;
for
insertion
in
the
well-known
periodical,
the
ANNALEN
DER
PHYSIK.
The
memoir
was
declined,
to
the
great
disappointment
of
the
sensitive
young
teacher.
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