Nathan Beverly Stubblefield was an American inventor best known for his wireless telephone work. Self-described as a "practical farmer, fruit grower and electrician", he received widespread attention in early 1902 when he gave a series of public demonstrations of a battery-operated wireless telephone, which could be transported to different locations and used on mobile platforms such as boats. While this initial design employed conduction, in 1908 he received a U.S. patent for a wireless telephone system that used magnetic induction. However, he was ultimately unsuccessful in commercializing his inventions. He later went into seclusion, and died alone in 1928.
Stubblefield (1908) with his later, induction, wireless telephone
Nathan Stubblefield using his ground-current wireless telephone to receive a March 1902 test transmission at Washington, D.C.
Murray is a home rule-class city in Calloway County, Kentucky, United States. It is the seat of Calloway County and the 19th-largest city in Kentucky. The city's population was 17,741 during the 2010 U.S. census, and its micropolitan area's population is 37,191. Murray is a college town and is the home of Murray State University.
an Aerial View of Murray in 2020
Calloway County courthouse on Murray's court square
Monument honoring the Confederate soldiers on the northeast corner of the Murray court square
The Clara M. Eagle Gallery is located in the Fine Arts Building.