Births on July 1

William Duddell

Born on July 1, 1872

William Duddell, English physicist and engineer (d. 1917)

William Du Bois Duddell (1 July 1872, in Kensington, London – 4 November 1917, in Wandsworth, London) was an English physicist and electrical engineer. His inventions include the moving coil oscillograph, as well as the thermo-ammeter and thermo-galvanometer.

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Events on 1872

5 Mar

Railway air brake
George Westinghouse patents the air brake.
22 Mar

Gender equality
Illinois becomes the first state to require gender equality in employment.
22 May

Amnesty Act
Reconstruction Era: President Ulysses S. Grant signs the Amnesty Act into law, restoring full civil and political rights to all but about 500 Confederate sympathizers.
29 Nov

Battle of Lost River
American Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.
9 Dec

P. B. S. Pinchback
In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first African-American governor of a U.S. state.

Births on July 1

William Duddell

Born on July 1, 1872

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Events on 1872

Railway air brake

Gender equality

Amnesty Act

Battle of Lost River

P. B. S. Pinchback