THE CONCERTINA
a hundred years since the concertina was invented, and it is curious to think that this very English musical instrument was invented by Fvprv Ur h Srea ; est electrical engineers ,-,.., Ve , r3 : b °y learning electricity at wito whs? grapple sooner or later m whlt V s known as Wheatstone's Bridge, an electrical arrangement just Iridgf u n^ an ra as S yins *» the Asses -Bridge m Euclid. Sir Charles WheattoSo 6 I " ve . nted his famous bridge, used today by tens of thousands of electrical engineers the world over, in connection with measurements of electrical resistance. He was an eminent telegraph engineer, and did much to pave the way to the wonderful system tele «, rams which has made modern life so different and has killed distance.
Sir Charles, however, was also the inventor of the concertina, which must have given pleasure to thousands it is only his great fame as a telegraph engineer that has led to his other invention being forgotten.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 937, 2 April 1930, Page 14
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165THE CONCERTINA Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 937, 2 April 1930, Page 14
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