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(1797-1878) American scientist, 1st Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. While building electromagnets, discovered the electromagnetic phenomenon of self-inductance; work on the electromagnetic relay was the basis of the electrical telegraph.
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38° 53' 21" N 77° 1' 34" W
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38.889145,-77.025993
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