A chance "eureka moment" by a Scottish physicist solved a problem that had plagued the transatlantic cable -- and made a lord out of the man who had the insight. One of the fundamental problems of ...

I MUST confess that I was surprised by Mr. R. E. Baynes' communication, in NATURE, vol. xix. p. 33, that the galvanometer I have proposed in NATURE, vol. xviii. p. 707, has already been described.

GALVANOMETERS of innumerable kinds abound, and each form has some special merit which renders it useful for certain restricted services. The old astatic instrument of Nobili is still preferred by many ...