Patrick Bernard Delany
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Patrick Bernard Delany (1845- ? ) was an American electrician and inventor, born in County Kings, Ireland. He came early to the United States and learned telegraphy at Hartford, Conn.; gradually he worked up from office boy to be superintendent of lines. Later he was also a newspaper correspondent, editor, and writer. His inventions include more than 150 patents, covering anti-induction cables, synchronous multiplex telegraphy by means of which six messages may be sent simultaneously over one wire, automatic ocean-cable systems, and rapid-machine telegraphy for land lines. His automatic telegraph system was capable of transmitting and recording 3000 words a minute over a single wire. He was awarded gold medals at the International Invention Exhibition in London (1885), at the Pan-American Exposition (1901), and at the St. Louis Exposition (1904), the Elliott-Cresson gold medal twice, and the John Scott medal of the Franklin Institute. From 1893 to 1895 he was a vice president of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers.
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