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François van Rysselberghe
1846 - 1893
François Van Rysselberghe (1846-1893) was a Belgian engineer and inventory. He was a Professor of Physics at the Industrial School of the Ostend School of Navigation and is credited with inventing the long distance telephone.
John H. Lienhard, "No. 281: RYSSELBERGHE'S TELEPHONE," Engines of Our Ingenuity, http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi281.htm (accessed 07/30/2015)
D. Gordon Tucker "Francois van Rysselberghe: Pioneer of Long-Distance Telephony" Technology and Culture
Vol. 19, No. 4 (Oct., 1978), pp. 650-674, JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/3103763 (accessed 07/30/2015)