Thomas Godfrey (1704-1749) was an optician and inventor in the American colonies, who, around 1730 invented the sextant. At appproximately the same time an Englishman, John Hadley, also invented the sextant independently.
ThomasGodfrey, a self-taught mathematician, great in his way, and afterward inventor of what is now called Hadley's Quadrant.
Godfrey projected a match for me with a relation's daughter, took opportunities of bringing us often together, till a serious courtship on my part ensu'd, the girl being in herself very deserving.
Godfrey brought me afterward some more favorable accounts of their disposition, and would have drawn me on again; but I declared absolutely my resolution to have nothing more to do with that family.
Edison's crowning achievement in telegraphy was his invention of machines that made possible simultaneous transmission of several messages on one line and thus greatly increased the usefulness of existing telegraph lines.
An account of the life of inventorThomas Edison (1847-1931), focusing on his intellectual contributions, his absorption in his work, the mythology that developed and was cultivated about him, and the cultural context in which he produced his inventions.
Thomas Edison eventually proved himself to be one of the most prolific inventors of practical electrical devices in history.
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