Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Bain” in chapter 5 of Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia:
...d, — a practice which conduces to accuracy in transmission, as the ear is found less liable to mistake the duration and succession of sounds than the eye to read a series of marks on paper.
Bain , in 1846, patented the electro-chemical telegraph which dispensed with the relay-magnet at intermediate stations; and subsequently Gintl, in Austria, and Bonelli, constructed telegraphs of this class...
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† | Alexander Bain | 35 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 user votes | |
Bain | 27 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
John R. Bain | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
R. R. Bain | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
W. F. Bain | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
William Bain | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
William F. Bain | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
G. C. Bain | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
Geo M. Bain | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
George M. Bain | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
C. Dorsey Bain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
C. N. Bain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
Carpenter Robert M. Bain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
E. B. Bain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
Jas Bain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
Jno Bain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
Samuel Bain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
W. C. Bain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
George Bain | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
H. H. Bain | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
Jack Bain | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
P. C. Bain | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 user votes |
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