A chance "eureka moment" by a Scottish physicist solved a problem that had plagued the transatlantic cable -- and made a lord out of the man who had the insight. One of the fundamental problems of ...

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Scale reads 0 to 50 but numbers are reversed - these will read correctly when viewed thru the spotting telescope used with this galvanometer (328111). Unit has clip marks in center where it was held ...

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