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The Citizen AV0080-88E Promaster Tsuno (Bullhead) Super Titanium watch is another stunning timepiece by that truly pops on the wrist.
#citizenwatch #watches #tsuno #bullhead #watch #wristwatch #watchgeek
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Da ich jetzt weiß, was ein #Gnomon ist, und wie man ihn benutzt, werde ich nie wieder einen Kompass brauchen. Zumindest nicht an einem festen Ort. 😃
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Das Zufußgehen ist ein wichtiger, aber oft unterschätzter Bestandteil der nachhaltigen Mobilität 🚶♀️ 🚶.
Christian Gerten, Pauline Scheunert, Julian Schmitz, Martina Kanning, Janina Welsch, und Tessio Novack fragen im aktuellen ILS-TRENDS [EXTRA] „Wo geht’s wirklich gut?“. Das Team stellt darin neue methodische Ansätze der Walkability-Forschung des ILS vor.
Zum Heft: https://www.ils-forschung.de/wissenstransfer/ils-publikationen/ils-trends/?id=751
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Das Zufußgehen ist ein wichtiger, aber oft unterschätzter Bestandteil der nachhaltigen Mobilität 🚶♀️ 🚶.
Christian Gerten, Pauline Scheunert, Julian Schmitz, Martina Kanning, Janina Welsch, und Tessio Novack fragen im aktuellen ILS-TRENDS [EXTRA] „Wo geht’s wirklich gut?“. Das Team stellt darin neue methodische Ansätze der Walkability-Forschung des ILS vor.
Zum Heft: https://www.ils-forschung.de/wissenstransfer/ils-publikationen/ils-trends/?id=751
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Das Zufußgehen ist ein wichtiger, aber oft unterschätzter Bestandteil der nachhaltigen Mobilität 🚶♀️ 🚶.
Christian Gerten, Pauline Scheunert, Julian Schmitz, Martina Kanning, Janina Welsch, und Tessio Novack fragen im aktuellen ILS-TRENDS [EXTRA] „Wo geht’s wirklich gut?“. Das Team stellt darin neue methodische Ansätze der Walkability-Forschung des ILS vor.
Zum Heft: https://www.ils-forschung.de/wissenstransfer/ils-publikationen/ils-trends/?id=751
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📍 GeoMonastery – công cụ miễn phí (chỉ dành cho máy tính) giúp luyện metas GeoGuessr và theo dõi tiến trình của bạn theo thời gian. Thích hợp cho người chơi muốn nâng cao kỹ năng định vị. 🚀 #GeoGuessr #Gaming #FreeTool #CôngCụMiễnPhí #GeoMonastery #Vietnam #CôngNghệ
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Action RPG "GNOMONIC" aiming for Switch and Switch 2 release via Kickstarter:
Hoping to call Nintendo platforms its gnome
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Action RPG "GNOMONIC" aiming for Switch and Switch 2 release via Kickstarter:
Hoping to call Nintendo platforms its gnome
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Action RPG "GNOMONIC" aiming for Switch and Switch 2 release via Kickstarter:
Hoping to call Nintendo platforms its gnome
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Action RPG "GNOMONIC" aiming for Switch and Switch 2 release via Kickstarter:
Hoping to call Nintendo platforms its gnome
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Really crazy how the gnomonic map projection, a cartography uniquely suited to the great-circle navigation that very modern conveyances like airliners use, is the oldest known map projection, discovered by Thales in the sixth century BC.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnomonic_projectionImage is a gnomonic map of much of the northern hemisphere from 1943, with a helpful explanation of how it all works.
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My thoughts wander cartographically, from gnomonic projections to prime meridians to the land and water hemispheres.
Read more at my #blog: https://www.adamasnemesis.com/2023/04/22/more-fun-with-cartography/
This post's featured image is a 1657 map by Jan Janssonius.
#cartography #geography #geometry #primemeridian #maps #mapprojections #gnomonicprojection #greatcircles #greatcirclenavigation #greatcircleroutes #landhemisphere #waterhemisphere #demography
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I forgot to mention that i also have a story in #Spanish on the #Hadouken #anthology put out by #GnomoLiterario. Really fun anthology. The theme is #VideoGames.
https://www.amazon.com/Hadouken-Antolog%C3%ADa-literatura-boricua-videol%C3%BAdica/dp/B0C87JQKXS
#amWriting #writingcommunity #shortstory #latinx #PuertoRico @puertorico @writers #writers #fiction
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I forgot to mention that i also have a story in #Spanish on the #Hadouken #anthology put out by #GnomoLiterario. Really fun anthology. The theme is #VideoGames.
https://www.amazon.com/Hadouken-Antolog%C3%ADa-literatura-boricua-videol%C3%BAdica/dp/B0C87JQKXS
#amWriting #writingcommunity #shortstory #latinx #PuertoRico @puertorico @writers #writers #fiction
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I forgot to mention that i also have a story in #Spanish on the #Hadouken #anthology put out by #GnomoLiterario. Really fun anthology. The theme is #VideoGames.
https://www.amazon.com/Hadouken-Antolog%C3%ADa-literatura-boricua-videol%C3%BAdica/dp/B0C87JQKXS
#amWriting #writingcommunity #shortstory #latinx #PuertoRico @puertorico @writers #writers #fiction
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I forgot to mention that i also have a story in #Spanish on the #Hadouken #anthology put out by #GnomoLiterario. Really fun anthology. The theme is #VideoGames.
https://www.amazon.com/Hadouken-Antolog%C3%ADa-literatura-boricua-videol%C3%BAdica/dp/B0C87JQKXS
#amWriting #writingcommunity #shortstory #latinx #PuertoRico @puertorico @writers #writers #fiction
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I forgot to mention that i also have a story in #Spanish on the #Hadouken #anthology put out by #GnomoLiterario. Really fun anthology. The theme is #VideoGames.
https://www.amazon.com/Hadouken-Antolog%C3%ADa-literatura-boricua-videol%C3%BAdica/dp/B0C87JQKXS
#amWriting #writingcommunity #shortstory #latinx #PuertoRico @puertorico @writers #writers #fiction
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Lupin III Treasure of the Sorcerer King with Robbie Sherman (Conversations with Robbie Sherman)
Buckle up for a PS2 heist where Lupin III swaps manga mischief for blocky stealth antics in Treasure of the Sorcerer King, that 2004 gem channeling Monkey Punch’s rogue into disguises-gone-wrong and treasure hunts that test more patience than finesse.
Joining the vault-cracking crew this time is Robbie Sherman from Conversations with Robbie Sherman, dishing on how the game stacks up to the source chaos of Jigen’s aim, Goemon’s blade ballet, and Fujiko’s inevitable backstab.
So grab your best disguise and let’s see if you can sneak the treasure out of this one. Either way it’s going to be a blast.
Learn such things as:
- When does homage become IP theft?
- Does it ever work to retcon multiple unrelated characters into a single one and act like it’s not weird at all?
- Do you really need those side characters? Can’t we just get rid of all of them and follow the main character exclusively?
- And so much more!
You can Robbie on BlueSky @convoswrob and his podcast Conversations with Robbie Sherman.
If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in.
The next episode is going to be Justice League Heroes for the PS2, Xbox, PSP, and Nintendo DS. So get your thoughts ready and over to me if you want to hear them in the show.
If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store.
Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix.
You can find Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social on Bluesky, @playcomicspodcast on Threads, @playcomics on YouTube, or the Play Comics website.
If you want to hear Chris talk with Karrington Martin about the lessons we learned from children’s media and how crazy it is that we’re supposed to just forget about that now that we’re adults, then Sugar, Spite, and Everything is Fine is probably something you should check out.
A big thanks to Another GI Joe Podcast and Campus Comics Cast for the promos today.
Intro/Outro Music by Backing Track, who might have been here the whole time without me realizing it.
#Bandai #Banpresto #ChuokoronShinsha #Computers #DaisukeJigen #Futabasha #GeomonIshikawa #LupinIII #PS2 #RobbieSherman #Tokyopop -
Ma tu guarda che strano eh?!?!? Chi lo avrebbe mai detto?!?!?
UN MILIONE di #plusvalenza immobiliare, creato in un'ora davanti al notaio 😲
Ma ovviamente è tutto un GOMBLODDO GOMUNISTA! 🤡
#ministrispecchiati #secondacaricadellostato
@GiorgiaMecojoni : preside' ma tu lo sapevi?
Dai nun fa a preziosa, dicce tutto! 🤣
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GPS-мониторинг выездных сотрудников: посчитать, ускорить, не оставить в беде
На высоких конференциях и форумах говорят о цифровой трансформации, бизнес-форумы обсуждают автоматизацию и оптимизацию, на конференциях разбирают высоконагруженные системы и экономику данных под красными, зелёными, синими узнаваемыми логотипами. Между тем, малый и средний бизнес просто работает, редко обсуждая проблемы и всё чаще разыскивая решения. Хороший, понятный и доступный софт для такого бизнеса — удачная находка. Прежде всего потому что это история про эффективность, то есть возможность сократить затраты, увеличить показатели, в итоге получить результат, который устроит всех. Особенно такой подход важен для сотрудников, которые напрямую влияют на доходность компании и от которых зависит репутация — весомое конкурентное преимущество на рынке, где цена уже практически не играет значения. В первую очередь, речь идёт о сервисных подразделениях, сотрудники которых работают вне офиса и сталкиваются со всяким-разным: от проблем с безопасностью до беспочвенных обвинений клиентов и недобросовестных коллег, которые умудряются решать свои дела или левачить, тем самым отбрасывая тень на всех. Традиционные методы, основанные на устных отчетах, бумажной документации, да даже на электронных таблицах, давно исчерпали себя, создавая «слепые зоны» в операционной деятельности, которые прямо влияют на скорость выполнения заявок, удовлетворенность клиентов и, как следствие, на общую рентабельность бизнеса. Поставляя компаниям CRM-системы, мы видели, что компании нуждаются в хорошем комплексном решении для управления выездными сотрудниками. Так появился наш GeoMonitor, о котором мы сегодня расскажем максимально подробно.
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The Disruption: the thread about a religious schism that was a pivotal moment in the development of photography
Happy Disruption Day to all who celebrate! (that’s the 18th of May if you happen to be reading this at any other time). In case you aren’t too familiar with it, The Disruption of 1843 was a rather very seismic event in the civic and religious life of 19th century Scotland, whereby 121 ministers and 73 elders of the established Church of Scotland (“the Kirk”) walked out of the General Assembly and set up their very own church; the Free Church of Scotland (“the Free Kirk“). The walk-out was not just literary symbolism, those involved quite literally walked out of one Church (that of Saint Andrew on George Street, now the New Town Church) and down the hill to Tanfield Hall in Canonmills where they held a meeting creating their own. This became known as The Disruption Assembly.
St Andrew’s Church on George Street, looking towards St Andrew Square. Thomas Hosmer Shepherd sketch of 1828. National Galleries of Scotland.Five days after the walkout, the breakaway assembly re-convened at Tanfield and signed an Act of Separation from the Kirk. Around 474 ministers, almost one third of the establishment of the Kirk, left to join the breakway institution. Their appointed Moderator, Thomas Chalmers declared:
Tanfield Hall, a converted gasworks, 1849 painting by William Bonnar, which probably represents the union of the Relief Church and Secession Church a few years after the Distruption. © Edinburgh City LibrariesThough we quit the Establishment, we go out on the Establishment principle; we quit a vitiated Establishment but would rejoice in returning to a pure one. We are advocates for a national recognition of religion – and we are not voluntaries
The artist David Octavius Hill’s huge painting at the top of this page – it is 12 feet wide and 4.75 feet tall – records that momentous second meeting of the Disruption in Tanfield. My learned acquaintance Neil MacLeod has put the reason behind the Disruption into words better than I ever could;
Key to the Disruption was the interference of the State into matters within the jurisdiction of the Church. This is seen most clearly in the court cases of the “10 Years Conflict” leading up to 1843. In essence the point at dispute was who could choose the minister of a congregation? The landowner of where the church building was, or the congregation? Those who formed the Free Church said it was the congregation.
There is a plaque at Tanfield marking the occassion, which reads:
TANFIELD HALL
The First Assembly of the
Free Church of Scotland
Was Held Here on 18th May 1843
And in the Same Hall the
Union of the Secession and
Relief Churches was
Consummated 13th May 1847Note the old building in the background is not the Tanfield Hall; it’s a former wool storage warehouse that wasn’t built until 10-20 years after the Disruption.
Tanfield Hall plaque. Credit: GnomonicMany notable worthies of 1840s Scottish life joined the Free Kirk and there are all sorts of very interesting stories to tell about the likes of Thomas Guthrie, James Begg, Thomas Chalmers and the phrenologist David Welsh; but those are stories for another day.
Alexander Murray-Dunlop and David Welsh, by Hill & AdamsonDavid Octavius Hill was himself present at The Disruption. A son of Perth, he was well established as an artist in Edinburgh’s New Town at this time and was encouraged to paint a fittingly epic picture of the momentous occasion.
D. O. Hill, calotype by Hill & AdamsonSomeone who was also there was the physicist Sir David Brewster; the inventor of the binocular camera and the Kaleidoscope, he had an interest in optics and photography and also suggested to Hill that he might try out this new-fangled technique to help in the mammoth task of taking likenesses of all the ministers involved.
Sir David BrewsterBrewster introduced Hill to a protégé, Robert Adamson, a chemist who was showing promise as a photographer and had just set up a studio at Rock House on Calton Hill. Adamson’s brother had produced the first Calotype photograph in Scotland in 1841.
Robert Adamson, by Hill & AdamsonHill and Adamson hit it off and got straight to work. There was something special about the combination of Hill’s artistic eye for his subjects and composition and Adamson’s scientific approach and skill with the processes of photography and developing. As a result, the end product was far greater than the sum of its parts. In all, they captured the likenesses of over 450 ministers of the Free Kirk on calotypes, most posed at the Rock House studio in small groups. Hill then took these and painstakingly painted them onto the enormous canvas; it would take him over 23 years! By the time he was nearing completion, many of his subjects had passed away and others had aged; he went back over their hair and whiskers with the white paint to age them accordingly. Robert Adamson would die tragically young in 1848, aged just 26, many years before the work was completed.
The Disruption Assembly by David Octavius Hill, 1843-66However brief it was, the partnership of Hill and Adamson – the artist and the scientist – produced a remarkable and groundbreaking body of work in terms of both their chosen subject matter; their artistic nature; and the volume and quality of output. Their depictions of the Fisher Folk of Newhaven and street scenes are quite incredible. You can lose yourself for weeks in early Victorian Edinburgh and east Scotland in Hill & Adamson’s work on the National Galleries site.
His Faither’s Breeks, a Newhaven fisher lad poses infront of a boat and leaning on an oyster creelThere are some nice little “easter eggs” hidden in The Disruption painting; Robert Adamson (red arrow) is peering into his camera viewfinder. Behind him (blue arrow), David Octavius Hill is scribbling on his sketchbook.
Hill and Adamson, by Hill and AdamsonLurking in a doorway at the back is Thomas Annan, a printer and photographer, who would would pioneer the recording of social conditions using photography. Annan purchased the Rock House studio and its contents off of Hill and would go on to print some of the work by the process of photogravury. In a nice squaring of the circle, it was Hill’s intention that the painting, once completed, would be photographed and printed by Thomas Annan for sale to the public.
Thomas AnnanHill and Adamson may also have unwittingly invented an early version of Where’s Wally as you can look at their original photos of posed ministers and try and match them up on the big painting.
Ministers of the Dumbarton Presbytery, by Hill & Adamson.The also managed to take the first known photograph of beer being drunk, in a lighthearted moment that shows these serious men, at serious work, could also have a bit of a giggle. Robert Adamson took the photo, and it shows (left to right) writer and stained glass artist James Ballantine; social reformer Dr. George Bell; and David Octavius Hill himself on the right, there is a glass of beer for all three, Younger’s Edinburgh Ale was notoriously strong. It is a very impressive photograph considering just how long they would have to have sat perfectly still in their mirthsome poses to make the necessary long exposure time.
Edinburgh Ale by Hill & Adamson, 1844The Free Kirk didn’t mess about; they had to set up parallel structures to the established Kirk – this meant churches in which to worship, manses and stipends for ministers and their families, schools (the parish had responsibility for education at this time), a college for training ministers, an overarching administration, missions… It took some quite impressive fund-raising activity to finance all of this (which was not without further controversy in itself at the time, and to this day, as a not insignificant amount of money was raised by sympathetic American Presbyterians who were also slave owners).
The Free Church held on to the blood-stained money, and continued to justify itself in its position — and of course to apologize for slavery — and does so till this day. She lost a glorious opportunity for giving her voice, her vote, and her example to the cause of humanity ; and to-day she is staggering under the curse of the enslaved, whose blood is in her skirts.
Frederick Douglass, “My Bondage and My Freedom”, 1855In all, some 1,400 churches, manses and schools would be built across Scotland. One of the more unusual of these new churches was the Strontian Iron Church (Gaelic: Eaglais Iaruinn). The landowner, Sir James Riddell, refused to allow a Free Church on his land – if you recall, landowner influence over the Church and their patronage was one of the conflicts which had led to the Disruption in the first place. This led the inventive Free Kirk to commission a floating church with seats for 700 people, built on an iron pontoon, and they had it towed to Loch Sunart.
The Iron Church arrives in Loch Sunart by tugboatThe Eaglais Iaruinn was built in Glasgow with £1,400 raised in the Strontian community and launched in 1846. Two steam tugs, the Gulliver and the Conqueror towed it down the Clyde and up the west coast to Loch Sunart in Ardnastang Bay. It was 24 metres long and 7m wide and had an upper gallery and a pulpit. In the bow was the vestry, which doubled as a bunk for the Minister. The below sketches of the interior of the Iron Church and people on their way to worship there are from Am Baile, the Highlands History & Culture Archive.
The floating Iron Church at Strontian – exteriorThe floating Iron Church at Strontian – exteriorThe floating Iron Church at Strontian – interiorThe floating Iron Church at Strontian – interiorThe church was anchored 150 yards from the shore, outside the landowner’s reach and yet prominently in sight of him. A line was fixed along which the congregation pulled themselves in row boats to and from the service (see the top left image in the above panel). Attendance varied depending on the popularity of the visiting minster. It was said that when Dr Beith from Stirling visited to preach, he did three sittings on a Sunday, two in Gaelic and “the church was never so deep in the water;” people would travel very far in those days to make sure they could hear a service in their own language. This situation was ended by a storm in September 1847 that drove the church from its moorings and onto the shore. The reluctant landowner relented somewhat and agreed to help fund its repair and it was used where it had come to rest on the shore (see the top right image in the panel above) until a permanent church was built in 1873.
The Free Church of Scotland was the result of the largest religious schism in Scotland since the Reformation itself back in 1560, but was one of many seemingly the interminable splits and unions within the Scottish Presbyterian churches. It’s one of the things you always need to bear in mind when asking yourself the question “why did Victorian Scotland build so many churches?” It has also given us one of the most elegantly pleasing diagrams on Wikipedia:
Schisms and unions in the Scottish churches, 1560-presentNote to readers: unfortunately in April 2026, a third-party plug-in more than exceeded its authority and broke many of the image links on this site. No images were lost but I will have to restore them page-by-page, which may take some time. In the meantime please bear with me while I go about rectifying this issue.
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The thread about Alexander Bain, whose name should be equally as well known as Samuel Morse, Alexander Graham Bell and John Logie Baird
This thread was originally written and published in November 2021.
An interesting fact, is that the fax machine is older than the telephone! The first patents for a fax machine were made by Alexander Bain, an Clockmaker from Caithness who worked in Edinburgh and London, in 1843. Bain also invented electric clocks, synchronised “telegraph clocks” and various improvements to the electric telegraph and is sometimes referred to as the “father of electric horology“.
Alexander BainBain was the son of a Caithness crofter and he had a twin sister called Margaret, plus 5 other sisters and 6 brothers. He was a poor school student, and equally poor as a shepherd in his Father’s trade, but had a fascination for clocks and was fortunate to get himself apprenticed to a clockmaker in Wick. A penny lecture he heard aged 19 called “Light, heat and the electric fluid” was a formative experience and he dedicated his life not just to clocks but also electricity.
After learning his trade, he went first to Edinburgh and then London in search of opportunity and in improving his education. He taught himself through public lectures and demonstrations. Setting up a workshop, he was a prolific inventor and patented his ideas around telegraphs, clocks, batteries and electricity. He made a name for himself as a telegraph engineer and his work took him to both the European continent and the USA.
In 1840, Bain was seeking a financial backer and was unfortunate enough to be introduced to Sir Charles Wheatstone of the Royal Society. Wheatstone observed Bain’s ideas and demonstrations, dismissed them as a dead end, and then 3 months later plagiarised the whole lot in a demonstration to the Royal Society. Fortunately Bain had patented his ideas, but it still took him having to go to a House of Lords enquiry to be vindicated. He was awarded £10,000 and a position in Wheatstone’s Company. He returned to Edinburgh around 1844 and opened a workshop on Hanover Street.
Bain’s entry in the 1845 Edinburgh & Leith Post Office directoryA plaque outside the door of Bain’s workshop on 11 Hanover Street. CC by 2.0 GnomonicThe National Museum of Scotland has an early Bain electric telegraph – possibly the first ever single dial system. The needle points to either a I or a V in Roman Numerals, from which the appropriate letter can be read off the key along the sides. letter or number in the message being received.
Bain Electric Telegraph receiver. © National Museums ScotlandWhile in Edinburgh in 1846 one of his most important jobs was to install an electric telegraph and synchronised timekeeping system for the Edinburgh & Glasgow Railway, which he did with his brother John Bain. Bain’s telegraph cost £50 per mile, compared to £250 per mile charged to the Great Western Railway by his nemesis Wheatstone. Telegraphs were an exceptionally important safety feature for railways as it allowed the implementation of “block working”; each train was allocated its own clear block of line, controlled by a signal box and lineside signals. The telegraph allowed the signallers to communicate and know exactly where trains were, what they were doing and to signal them appropriately. A master clock in Edinburgh at the Royal Observatory was able to control the time of all the station clocks along the line; Bain had implemented a Universal Time system.
Bain’s Universal Time system for the Edinburgh & Glasgow Railway. The Edinburgh clock (A) directly controlled the time on the Glasgow Clock (B)Constantly working on clocks, telegraphs, needles, dials and signals, Bain’s fertile mind came up with ways he could mechanically “scan” an image, transmit it down a telegraph line and have a way for it to be printed out at the other end; eventually settling on paper soaked in Potassium Iodide which was sensitive to electricity and could be used to print an image; he had invented the Fax Machine.
Bain’s 1843 Facsimile Telegraph patentBain’s later success in electric telegraphy was dampened by financially burdensome patent court cases in the USA – including against none other than Samuel “Morse Code” Morse, not all of which he was unable to win. He returned home to his family, back in London, and settled down to develop his electric clocks. By accounts he seems to have spent very little time with the former and a lot with the latter. The Hunterian collection of the University of Glasgow has a working Bain electric clock. It had a pendulum powered by an “earth battery” and could act as a master clock, regulating the time of others connected to it.
Electric Pendulum Clock of the Hunterian CollectionThere’s a great video here describing the clock and how it works.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIf2L746uaM&feature=emb_logo
Bain’s later life was marked by financial failure. Others had taken his ideas and succesfully commercialised them and he seemed to have missed quite a few boats, and expended too much time and energy defending his patents rather than exploiting them. His great rival, Wheatstone’s, system was in wide use by the Electric Telegraph Company and it was nationalised into the GPO in 1868. The Government wasn’t interested in Bain’s ideas even if they were technically more advanced.
He lost nearly everything, including his wife who had died in 1856 while he was distracted with work and litigation, and his children, who had either predeceased him, emigrated to India or quietly disappeared into lives of their own. He left London for Glasgow, where he took a job mending watches; the sort of work an apprentice would have been given. A chance repair for Sir William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, of the University of Glasgow saw the latter successfully petition Parliament to give Bain a small but sufficient pension from the Civil List. He settled into a quiet retirement in Helensburgh in 1874 but two years later had a stroke which saw him admitted to the Broomhill Home for Incurables in Kirkintillloch. He never left there, and died relatively alone in January 1877. A local subscription paid of his funeral and headstone and back in his far off birthplace of Caithness a public monument was raised by public contributions.
Bain’s monument in Watten, Caithness. CC-by-SA 2.0 Paul SimoniteThere is much more detail available to read about the life of Alexander Bain and all his wonderful inventions, I recommend this paper from the Scottish Local History Forum. The Bainfield student housing in Fountainbridge in Edinburgh is not named after him, but the ex-Wetherspoons pub in Wick is.
The Alexander Bain in Wick. No longer a Wetherspoons but still trading under this name.Note to readers: unfortunately in April 2026, a third-party plug-in more than exceeded its authority and broke many of the image links on this site. No images were lost but I will have to restore them page-by-page, which may take some time. In the meantime please bear with me while I go about rectifying this issue.
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