Talk:Charles Wheatstone

Five Needle Telegraph
The five needle telegraph could display 20 letters, leaving out D-J-Q-U-X-Z.

Tabletop (talk) 03:27, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

I'm related to him
It goes Charles Wheatstone Pablo Wheatstone Louise F Wheatstone Dennis Dillon Shallard Pamela Dillon Shallard Oliver Nicklin Me!!!!!!!!!!

Plagarism
I've added a template to the "Life" section about copying and pasting because I found the same context at another website here: http://chem.ch.huji.ac.il/history/wheatstone.html I'm guessing Wikipedia copied it from them, and not vice versa because the web page does not include a reference pointing to Wikipedia. -- The Wiki Octopus  01:56, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

Wheatstone's concertina
Hello, In this article http://www.culture24.org.uk/history+%2526+heritage/literature+%2526+music/art72225 a curator from the Horniman Museum discusses Wheatstone's concertinas in detail. Would it be appropriate to add a citation link to this article from the paragraph about his development of the concertina? Disclaimer: I work at Culture24. I'd be interested to hear what people think. Thanks, RosieClarke (talk) 15:26, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Further work on telegraphs
In this section (and others) there is text that is probably a quote, but which is not shown as such, eg ". . In the Postal Telegraph service this apparatus is employed for sending Press telegrams, and it has recently been so much improved, that messages are now sent from London to Bristol at a speed of 600 words a minute, and even of 400 words a minute between London and Aberdeen."193.113.48.7 (talk) 09:33, 14 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Most of the article is copied from a public domain book, as it states. Dicklyon (talk) 07:17, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Velocity of electricity
On 22 August, several paragraphs regarding the velocity of electricity were inserted. I'm taking them out because they have no bearing on the life of Charles Wheatstone. They discuss events which occurred after Wheatstone's death.

Moreover, these paragraphs amount to defense of a distinctly unconventional theory of electrodynamics. Several items in these paragraphs are either meaningless, or flat wrong, according to the generally accepted laws of physics. So that's another reason to take them out. —Preceding unsigned comment added by CarlFeynman (talk • contribs) 01:07, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

Automatic transmitter patented in 1858
Hi,

According to The Victorian Internet, Wheatstone "patented an automatic sender" in 1858 — ISBN-13: 978-0-8027-1604-0; page: 190. The corresponding paragraph in Further work on telegraphs could be presented earlier and not like his last action upon telegraphy.

Lacrymocéphale 20:07, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

Selenite page exists
I thought "selenite" should have a link. I found the page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selenite_(mineral)). Tried to add the link to this page and it tells me the page does not exist. 50.43.36.155 (talk) 14:08, 24 May 2016 (UTC)


 * You're right, it should be linked. I'm not sure why you couldn't add the link - I've added it now. DuncanHill (talk) 14:31, 24 May 2016 (UTC)

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