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Heroes of the Telegraph
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John Munro
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His
experiments
were
made
in
a
little
workshop
behind
his
home
at
Friedrichsdorff;
and
wires
were
run
from
it
to
an
upper
chamber.
Another
line
was
erected
between
the
physical
cabinet
at
Garnier's
Institute
across
the
playground
to
one
of
the
class-rooms,
and
there
was
a
tradition
in
the
school
that
the
boys
were
afraid
of
creating
an
uproar
in
the
room
for
fear
Herr
Reis
should
hear
them
with
his
'telephon.'
The
new
invention
was
published
to
the
world
in
a
lecture
before
the
Physical
Society
of
Frankfort
on
October
26,
1861,
and
a
description,
written
by
himself
for
the
JAHRESBERICHT,
a
month
or
two
later.
It
excited
a
good
deal
of
scientific
notice
in
Germany;
models
of
it
were
sent
abroad,
to
London,
Dublin,
Tiflis,
and
other
places.
It
became
a
subject
for
popular
lectures,
and
an
article
for
scientific
cabinets.
Reis
obtained
a
brief
renown,
but
the
reaction
soon
set
in.
The
Physical
Society
of
Frankfort
turned
its
back
on
the
apparatus
which
had
given
it
lustre.
Reis
resigned
his
membership
in
1867;
but
the
Free
German
Institute
of
Frankfort,
which
elected
him
an
honorary
member,
also
slighted
the
instrument
as
a
mere
'philosophical
toy.'
At
first
it
was
a
dream,
and
now
it
is
a
plaything.
Have
we
not
had
enough
of
that
superior
wisdom
which
is
another
name
for
stupidity?
The
dreams
of
the
imagination
are
apt
to
become
realities,
and
the
toy
of
to-day
has
a
knack
of
growing
into
the
mighty
engine
of
to-morrow.
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