Mahlon Loomis

American inventor (1826-1886) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 60

Mahlon Loomis was an American dentist and inventor known for proposing a wireless communication and electric power generating system based on his idea that there were electrically charged layers in the Earth's atmosphere.

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1857 advertisement placed by Loomis defending his patenting of a procedure for making dentures, and offering a $500 reward for anyone producing dentures "so equalled" to his work.[4]

In addition to using kites and gilt-covered balloons, Loomis's notebooks included illustrations of ideas for using elevated open flames.[7]

Drawing made by Mahlon Loomis, circa 1866, in one of his notebooks, illustrating what he described as a successful wireless transmission experiment made in October of that year in Virginia, spanning 18 miles (29 kilometers) between Bear's Den mountain and an unspecified peak in the Catoctin Mountain range.[10]

Illustration included in the December 29, 1877, issue of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper of how a recently reported West Virginia demonstration by Loomis might have appeared.[28]

The Loomis Radio School in Washington, D.C., was founded in 1920 by Mary Texanna Loomis "in honor of Dr. Mahlon Loomis".[32]

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Charles H. Purcell40.3 of 100

Washington Sheffield40.2 of 100 Wallace H. Coulter40.3 of 100

Thomas Jaggar40.2 of 100