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<p><b>Sir Francis Ronalds</b> <a href="page.php?w=Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society">FRS</a> (21 February 17888 August 1873) was an English scientist and inventor, and arguably the first <a href="page.php?w=History_of_electrical_engineering">electrical engineer</a>. He was knighted for creating the first working <a href="page.php?w=electric_telegraph">electric telegraph</a> over a substantial distance. In 1816 he laid an 8 mi length of iron wire between wooden frames in his mother's garden and sent pulses using <a href="page.php?w=electrostatic_generator">electrostatic generator</a>s.</p><p>
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