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Forerunner of Wireless Telegraphy T11 |
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 Picture courtesy of Marty Larson
From nearby Bear’s Den Mountain to the Catoctin Ridge, a distance of fourteen miles, Dr. Mahlon Loomis, dentist, sent the first aerial wireless signals, 1866-73, using kites flown by copper wires. Loomis received a patent in 1872 and his company was chartered by Congress in 1873, but lack of capital frustrated his experiments. He died in 1886.
Virginia Conservation Commission 1948
VA Rt. 7 (westbound) at the Clarke and Loudoun county line, at Snicker's Gap. Clarke County Virginia.
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