John Stone Stone
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John Stone Stone (September 24, 1869 – May 20, 1943) was an American mathematician, physicist and inventor. He labored as an early telephone engineer, was influential in developing wireless communication technology, and holds dozens of key patents in the field of "space telegraphy".
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[edit] Career
Stone was born in Manakin village, Virginia, the son of Charles Pomeroy Stone, the American Civil War general and engineer. Raised in Cairo, Egypt until 1882, Stone was fluent in Arabic, French, and English; his father tutored him in mathematics. Stone also learned to ride in Egypt and was an excellent horseman. On his family's return to the United States, Stone attended Columbia Prep, Columbia University, and Johns Hopkins University.
After early research at American Telegraph & Telephone, Stone created his own company to build transmitting stations for the U.S. Navy. In 1907, Stone started in Boston the Society of Wireless Telegraph Engineers (SWTE). He won the Franklin Institute Edward Longstreth Medal in 1913. J. S. Stone invented the Stone common battery system. J. S. Stone help create the carrier current system of transmission. J. S. Stone's tuned circuits for radio transmitters and receivers had precedence over Guglielmo Marconi's similar system.
Among his political and Americanist activities was as a member of the American Defense Society's Board of Trustees.
Once married and divorced, Stone died in San Diego, California May 20, 1943.
[edit] Publications
- Stone, J. S., "The Practical Aspects of the Propagation of High Frequency Waves Along Wires".
- Stone, J. S., "Theory of Wireless Telegraphy". Transactions of the 1904 Saint Louis International Electrical Congress, Volume III, pages 556-558.
[edit] Patents
- U.S. Patent 0469475 - Electric cable (1892)
- U.S. Patent 0487102 - Development and distribution of electricity (1892)
- U.S. Patent 0623579 - Differential electromagnet (1899)
- U.S. Patent 0714756 - Method of selective electric signaling (1902)
- U.S. Patent 0717467 - Method of electrical distribution (1902)
- U.S. Patent 0717509 - Method of relaying space telegraph signals (1902)
- U.S. Patent 0717510 - Method of relaying space telegraph signals (1902)
- U.S. Patent 0717511 - Method of tuning vertical wire oscillators (1902)
- U.S. Patent 0717512 - Tuned electric oscillator (1902)
- U.S. Patent 0717513 - Method of relaying space telegraph signals (1902)
- U.S. Patent 0717514 - Apparatus for relaying space telegraph signals (1902)
- U.S. Patent 0717515 - Method of electrical distribution (1902)
- U.S. Patent 0767970 - Apparatus for simultaneously transmitting and receiving space telegraph signals (1904)
- U.S. Patent 0767971 - Wireless telegraph receiving device (1904)
- U.S. Patent 0767972 - Method of receiving space telegraph signals (1904)
- U.S. Patent 0767973 - Method of increasing the effective radiation of electromagnetic waves (1904)
- U.S. Patent 0767974 - Apparatus for increasing the effective radiation of electromagnetic waves (1904)
- U.S. Patent 0767975 - Space telegraphy (1904)
- U.S. Patent 0767976 - Space telegraphy (1904)
- U.S. Patent 0767977 - Space telegraphy (1904)
- U.S. Patent 0767978 - Space telegraphy (1904)
- U.S. Patent 0767979 - Space telegraphy (1904)
- U.S. Patent 0767980 - Space telegraphy (1904)
- U.S. Patent 0767981 - Space telegraphy (1904)
- U.S. Patent 0767982 - Space telegraphy (1904)
- U.S. Patent 0767983 - Space telegraphy (1904)
- U.S. Patent 0767984 - Space telegraphy (1904)
- U.S. Patent 0767985 - Space telegraphy (1904)
- U.S. Patent 0767986 - Space telegraphy (1904)
- U.S. Patent 0767987 - Space telegraphy (1904)
- U.S. Patent 0767988 - Space telegraphy (1904)
- U.S. Patent 0767989 - Space telegraphy (1904)
- U.S. Patent 0767990 - Space telegraphy (1904)
- U.S. Patent 0767991 - Space telegraphy (1904)
- U.S. Patent 0767992 - Space telegraphy (1904)
- U.S. Patent 0767993 - Space telegraphy (1904)
- U.S. Patent 0767994 - Space telegraphy (1904)
- U.S. Patent 0767995 - Space telegraphy (1904)
- U.S. Patent 0767996 - Space telegraphy (1904)
- U.S. Patent 0767997 - Space telegraphy (1904)
- U.S. Patent 0767998 - Space telegraphy (1904)
- U.S. Patent 0767999 - Space telegraphy (1904)
- U.S. Patent 0768000 - Space telegraphy (1904)
- U.S. Patent 0768001 - Space telegraphy (1904)
- U.S. Patent 0768002 - Space telegraphy (1904)
- U.S. Patent 0768003 - Space telegraphy (1904)
- U.S. Patent 0768004 - Space telegraphy (1904)
- U.S. Patent 0768005 - Space telegraphy (1904)
- U.S. Patent 0802417 - Space telegraphy (1905)
- U.S. Patent 0802418 - Space telegraphy (1905)
- U.S. Patent 0802419 - Space telegraphy (1905)
- U.S. Patent 0802420 - Space telegraphy (1905)
- U.S. Patent 0802421 - Space telegraphy (1905)
- U.S. Patent 0802422 - Space telegraphy (1905)
- U.S. Patent 0802423 - Space telegraphy (1905)
- U.S. Patent 0802424 - Space telegraphy (1905)
- U.S. Patent 0802425 - Space telegraphy (1905)
- U.S. Patent 0802426 - Space telegraphy (1905)
- U.S. Patent 0802427 - Space telegraphy (1905)
- U.S. Patent 0802428 - Space telegraphy (1905)
- U.S. Patent 0802429 - Space telegraphy (1905)
- U.S. Patent 0802430 - Space telegraphy (1905)
- U.S. Patent 0802431 - Space telegraphy (1905)
- U.S. Patent 0802432 - Space telegraphy (1905)
- U.S. Patent 0884106 - Space telegraphy (1908)
- U.S. Patent 0884107 - Space telegraphy (1908)
- U.S. Patent 0884108 - Space telegraphy (1908)
- U.S. Patent 0884109 - Space telegraphy (1908)
- U.S. Patent 0884110 - Space telegraphy (1908)
- U.S. Patent 1683739 - Directive antenna array (1928)
- U.S. Patent 2026712 - Composite oscillator for electromagnetic wave (1936)
[edit] External articles
- "John Stone Stone : 1869 - 1943". Adventures in Cybersound.
- "John Stone Stone 1869 - 1943" IEEE History Center. IEEE, 2003.
- "John Stone Stone on Nikola Tesla's Priority in Radio and Continuous-Wave Radiofrequency Apparatus". Twenty First Century Books, 2005.