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Pioneering work in telegraphy conducted by Sir #CharlesWheatstone offered a simpler and more reliable method of relaying signals from the console to the pneumatic valves. By the start of the 20th Century, pneumatic actions were being replaced by electro-pneumatic designs. However, it was much later that century when organs builders had access to reliable electrical supplies.
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Using #Elata, a #3DScanner developed by #Aralia, the sculpture of #CharlesWheatstone has been captured & reconstructed in #3D. Leveraging the power of cloud-computing the ground-breaking #ElataScanner is a low-cost companion appliance for smartphones to record a combination of neural photogrammetry & photometric stereo with high levels of detail & accuracy. araliasystems.com
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Sir #CharlesWheatstone was an English #Polymath & self-taught #Physicist #Inventor, who made important contributions to #Physics, #Electricity, #Acoustics & #Optics. Appointed Professor of Experimental #Philosophy at #KingsCollegeLondon in 1834, he applied the #ScientificMethod Sir #IsaacNewton defined during the #AgeofEnlightenment, to early 19th CE philosophical problems.
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Sir #CharlesWheatstone concluded that the brain resolves the distance of objects using #BinocularVision & on the 21.06.1838 at the #RoyalSociety in London, he demonstrated an instrument he designed to prove his theory. The #Stereoscope was immensely popular in the 19th & early 20th CE, & was widely used for entertainment, in education & as an enthralling substitute to travel.
In Source: The Royal Society
#WorldStereoscopyDay is celebrated on June 21st. Today, #Stereoscopy is used in #Surgery, all forms of #Microscopy & in #Satellites to observe the Earth; & it is the fundamental tenet of modern #VirtualReality. Using the theories #CharlesWheatstone developed, we can extend stereoscopy from 2 to 100’s of images, building models & 3D worlds to view & explore. stereoscopyday.com
In Source: The Royal Society
#CharlesWheatstone studied how physical media transferred information & developed seminal experiments that determined the #SpeedofSound & the #SpeedofElectricity through materials. He observed, light emitted by an electrical spark had a spectrum unique to the metal used to strike the arc, this discovery led to the #Spectroscopy used by astrophysicists & chemists today.
In Source: Science Museum
In 1850 #LeonFoucault adapted the experiment #CharlesWheatstone devised to measure the #SpeedofElectricity to determine the #SpeedofLight. Nobody knew - light is just another electromagnetic wave that moves at similar speeds to electricity in a wire. It took another 15 yrs before #JamesClerkMaxwell formed the principles of #Electromagnetism which underpins modern electronics.
In Source: Science Museum
#KingsCollegeLondon 1860–65: Professor’s #CharlesWheatstone & #JamesClerkMaxwell were colleagues working on #Electromagnetism in the same Physics Dept. A special time noted for Maxwell’s advances in #Electromagnetism & his #ElectromagneticInduction concept, & the polarisation of light in a magnetic field, a phenomenon discovered by #MichaelFaraday & known as the #FaradayEffect.
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#CharlesWheatstone was born in 1802 to a family of music-sellers & makers of instruments. Aged 14, he was apprenticed to his Uncle at 436 Strand, London but preferred to study books instead. In later life, he applied his research into #Acoustics to improve musical Instrument design & he invented the #Concertina, which #WheatstoneAndCo still manufactures.
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#CharlesWheatstone is famously known for the #WheatstoneBridge, a diamond-shaped electrical circuit that is the gold standard technique for precision electrical measurement. Invented in 1833 by #SamuelHunterChristie for another purpose, Wheatstone proposed Christie's invention in a paper to measure electrical resistance & in 1843, the device picked up the Wheatstone name.
In Source: The Royal Society
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An accomplished linguist, #CharlesWheatstone could read scientific topics in multiple languages & used this ability to study treatise on #Electricity by leading scientists. In particular, the earlier work of the Italian #AlessandroVolta (1745-1827) and his #VoltaicPile invention helped Wheatstone solve the problem of #Telegraphy & develop the World’s 1st practical #Telegraph.
In Source: The Royal Institution
The electrical #Telegraph was invented by #CharlesWheatstone & #WilliamFothergillCooke. Cooke wanted to transmit information between signal boxes using electricity to ensure the safe operation of steam trains, but he lacked the scientific knowledge. Wheatstone rectified Cooke’s concept & together they created the 1st Telegraph, & in 1846 founded the #ElectricTelegraphCompany.
In Source: Science Museum
After the invention of the #Telegraph by #CharlesWheatstone & #WilliamFothergillCooke the #ElectricTelegraphCompany was not immediately profitable, despite a patent & a monopoly of electrical telegraphy. The Railways had adopted a simpler, cheaper system by the American #SamuelMorse, so Wheatstone invented the #PaperTapeReader to automatically transmit #MorseCode at high speed.
In Source: Science Museum
The 1878 #RoyalAcademyofArt Exhibition featured a marble bust of #CharlesWheatstone, marking his place in science, society & history. These Victorians cast scientists as modern heroes & now in 2025, the posthumous likeness of Wheatstone sculpted by #WGBrooker, has been captured in #3D by #Aralia using Sir #BrianMay's replica, & stereoscopically photographed by Denis Pellerin.
In Source: Royal Academy of Arts
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