Fuller’s Computing Telegraph Gains Wide London Notice
Boston inventor John E. Fuller visits London to publicize his telegraph computing machine. The device blends a sliding rule with logarithmic calculations to perform rapid multiplication and division useful for finance, exchange, weights, measures, and engineering. Professor De Morgan praises its accuracy and educational value.
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John E. Fuller
Boston
United States
London
United Kingdom
de Morgan
Mr. Fuller
Fuller
Manchester Cotton Supply Association meeting report
The Manchester Cotton Supply Association held its annual meeting with President John Cheetham in the chair. The report notes steady efforts to boost global cotton supplies, citing distributions of seed, gin parts, and machinery to numerous regions, and predicts possible increases next year amid irrigation and ploughs demand.
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Goodliffe
Smart
G. Blight
Cotron Surriy
Manchester Cotton Supply Association
Manchester
John Cheetham
Bombay
Java
Cape of Good Hope
Barbary
Morocco
Algiers
West Coast
Africa
Malta
Beyrout
West Indies
Turkey
Australia
South America
Egypt
Nile
England
Edmund Ashworth
Haratta
London
Robert-street
Chelsea
Indian railway scheme gains from light rail system
The adjourned general meeting at the London Tavern led by Marquis of Tweeddale reviews the Indian Branch Railway Company plan for light rails in Oudh and Rohilkund. It notes a 54 percent first quarter yield on Nubatee line, costs, government subsidies, and the shift to lighter rolling stock to lower overall expenditure.
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London
Marquis of Tweeddale
Oudh
Rohilkund
Nulhatee
Government of India
CitarrMan
India
Indian Branch Railway Company
Wilson
East India Railway
Nubatee
Murshedabad
East Indian Railway
Calcutta
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Great North Lode
Hindostan
Singhbhoom) Copper Company
Westminster
Isle of Man Mining Company
Swansea
Bearhaven Aes
Knockmahon
Cape
Holyford
Connorree
Wallaroo
Fuller’s Computing Telegraph
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