Wheatstone

[ hweet-stohn, weet- or, esp. British, -stuh n ]

/ ˈʰwitˌstoʊn, ˈwit- or, esp. British, -stən /

noun

Sir Charles,1802–75, English physicist and inventor.

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Examples from the Web for wheatstone

The Morse alphabet method closely resembles the Wheatstone system.
The Romance of Modern Invention|Archibald Williams
Wheatstone subsequently investigated the conditions necessary to obtain electro-magnetic effects at a long distance.
Heroes of the Telegraph|J. Munro
As the Cooke and Wheatstone apparatus became perfected, Cooke was busy with schemes for its introduction.
Heroes of the Telegraph|J. Munro
In 1841 a difference arose between Cooke and Wheatstone as to the share of each in the honour of inventing the telegraph.
Heroes of the Telegraph|J. Munro

In England, Wheatstone and Cooke had introduced a ponderous magnetic needle telegraph.
Edison, His Life and Inventions|Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin