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Loomis' Wireless Dream and the Dawn of Air Telegraphy
The article recalls Mahlon Loomis, a Washington dentist, who in 1872 won early congressional backing for wireless telegraphy, later crowned by Marconi's success. It notes congressional debates, Loomis’ patents, and the hazy path from Loomis to modern radio, highlighting early pioneers and the rise of wireless from speculative gimmick to practical science.
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Wilson
Navy Department
Daniels
Washington
Germany
United States of America
New York City
Congress of the United States
Mahlon Loomis
Washington, D. C
Guglielmo Marconi
Mahion Loomis
Potomac River
Maryland
Congress
Representative Bingham
Pennsylvania
Loomis Aerial Telegraph Company
Loomis
Committee On Foreign Affairs
House
Committee On Commerce
James A. Garfield
Ohio
United States
Conger
Sunday Chronicle
Wireless
Wright Boys
Orville
Wilbur
Dayton
Representative Holmes
Indiana
Mr. Bingham
United States Patent Office
District of Columbia