Varley, Cromwell Fleetwood

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Cromwell Fleetwood Varley

1828-1883

Cromwell Fleetwood Varley

(English:-Cromwell Fleetwood Varley)

(6 April 1828 − 2 September 1883)

English electrical engineer, a pioneer of submarine telegraphy associated with the Atlantic cable, who patented the double-current key and relay and, in 1870, an early audio-transmission device anticipating the telephone. Elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1871. A long-time investigator of Spiritualist phenomena from about 1850, he devised electrical apparatus to monitor mediums (including Florence Cook) during séances and testified before the London Dialectical Society regarding his sittings with D. D. Home. (BCW 1:528-529). For biographical information, de Zirkoff refers readers to Collected Writings, volume I, pages 529-530. (BCW 3:535).

Some links:

• Quotes: Zirkoff, Boris
• CTD article in Russian: Варли, Кромвелл Флитвуд
• Wikipedia: Cromwell Fleetwood Varley

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Lifetime: 1828-1883
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