Daniel Drawbaugh

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Daniel Drawbaugh is the inventor of a telephone for which he sought a patent in 1880. Claims contested by Bell Telephone, which won the court decision in 1888.[1]

He was born July 14, 1827, in Cumberland County's Eberley's Mills which is just outside of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. According to his obituary printed in the New York Times November 4, 1911[2] he invented many appliances, for example pneumatic tools, hydraulic rams, folding lunch boxes, coin separators and even is said to have invented a wireless phone that could be used 4 miles away. He died November 3, 1911 in his laboratory while working on a wireless burglar alarm. Many of his surviving York County relatives attended a ceremony to dedicate a historical marker located at the site of the inventor's workshop and home in 1965.[3]

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  1. ^ DANIEL DRAWBAUGH BEATEN.; It Is Held that He Was N... - View Article - The New York Times. Retrieved on 2008-05-06.
  2. ^ DANIEL F. DRAWBAUGH DEAD.; Inventor of One of the ... - View Article - The New York Times. Retrieved on 2008-05-06.
  3. ^ Never to be forgotten Jim McClure
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