. Masters of space: Morse and the telegraph; Thompson and the cable; Bell and the telephone; Marconi and the wireless telegraph; Carty and the wireless telephone; . Kelvin, wasprobably the ablest scientist of his generation,and was destined to prove his great abilitiesin his early work with the Atlantic cable. William Thomson was born in. Belfast,Ireland, in 1824. His father was a teacherand took an especially keen interest in theaffairs of his boys because their mother haddied while William was very young. WhenWilliam was eight years of age his fatherremoved to Glasgow, Scotland, where he had
. Masters of space: Morse and the telegraph; Thompson and the cable; Bell and the telephone; Marconi and the wireless telegraph; Carty and the wireless telephone; . Kelvin, wasprobably the ablest scientist of his generation,and was destined to prove his great abilitiesin his early work with the Atlantic cable. William Thomson was born in. Belfast,Ireland, in 1824. His father was a teacherand took an especially keen interest in theaffairs of his boys because their mother haddied while William was very young. WhenWilliam was eight years of age his fatherremoved to Glasgow, Scotland, where he hadsecured the chair of mathematics in GlasgowUniversity. His early education he securedfrom his father, and this training, coupledwith his natural brilliancy, enabled him todevelop genuine precocity. At the age ofeight he attended his fathers university lec-tures as a visitor, and it is reported that onone occasion he answered his fathers questionswhen all of the class had failed. At the ageof ten he entered the university, togetherwith his brother James, who was but twoyears older. The brothers displayed a markedinterest in science and invention, eagerly 114. BENEATH THE SEA pursued their studies in these branches, andperformed many electrical experiments to-gether. James took the degrees and insuccessive years. Though William also passedthe examinations, he did not take the degrees,because he had decided to go to Cambridge,and it was thought best that he take all hisdegrees from that great school. In writingto his older brother at this time, William wasaccustomed to sign himself ,which signified to all intents and pur-poses. After finishing their work at Glas-gow the boys traveled extensively on theContinent. At seventeen William entered St PetersCollege, Cambridge University, taking coursesin advanced mathematics and continuing todistinguish himself. He took an active partin the life of the university, making somethingof a record as an athlete, win
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