BAIN

Alexander . b. Thurso 1810; a journeyman clockmaker in London 1837; made electrical experiments on the Serpentine; invented electrical clocks, patented 11 Jany. 1841 and exhibited at Royal Polytechnic 28 March 1841; constructed the earth battery 1843; patented apparatus for registering progre of ships 1844, and electro-chemical telegraph 1846; invented automatic method of transmitting signals; devised electrical methods of playing keyed instruments at a distance. d. in the Home for incurables Kirk in till och near Glasgow 2 Jany. 1877. J. Finlaison’s An account of some remarkable applications of the electric fluid to the useful arts by Mr. Alexander Bain 1843.