Amos E. Dolbear papers, 1877-1910 1877-1910.

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Amos E. Dolbear papers, 1877-1910 1877-1910.

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Papers, notes, and apparatus connected with Dolbear's academic work, and experiments relating to the invention of the telephone.

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Tufts University - Tisch Library, Tisch Library

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Tufts University - Tisch Library, Tisch Library

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Dolbear, A. E. (Amos Emerson), 1837-1910

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Amos Emerson Dolbear (1837-1910), known to his students at Tufts as "Dolly," chaired the Department of Astronomy and Physics at the college beginning in 1874. He was a "theoretical scientist" who enjoyed the discovery of new possibilities, including his pioneering research concerning telephony. Dolbear contributed many notable inventions to the scientific world, including the static telephone, the electric gyroscope used to demonstrate the Earth's rotation, the opeidoscope, and a new system of i...

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