Mahlon Loomis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mahlon Loomis

American inventor

Date of Birth: 21-Jul-1826

Place of Birth: Oppenheim, New York, United States

Date of Death: 13-Oct-1886

Profession: physician, businessperson, inventor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Mahlon Loomis (21 July 1826 – 13 October 1886) was an American dentist and inventor.
He is best known for promoting the idea that the Earth's upper atmosphere was divided into discrete concentric layers, and these layers could be tapped by metallic conductors on hills and mountain tops, in order to provide long-distance wireless telegraph and telephone communication, as well as draw electricity down to the Earth's surface. His idea of conductive atmospheric layers has been discredited.
However, based on his claims of successful wireless telegraphic and telephonic transmissions in the 1860s and 1870s, it is sometimes asserted that Loomis' equipment had, inadvertently, been the first to produce and receive radio signals.