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  • (Fun fact: Varying temperatures influence the rate of a cricket's chirp; the relationship between the two is known as Dolbear's Law.)

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  • "If a government takes more than 50 percent, projects will shut down -- mining is bringing tremendous growth to Mongolia but that could be killed very quickly," said Bernard Guarnera, president of mining consultants Behre Dolbear, speaking in Ulan Bator earlier this month.

    Rio Tinto says will talk to Mongolia on copper mine deal Reuters 2011

  • "If a government takes more than 50 percent, projects will shut down -- mining is bringing tremendous growth to Mongolia but that could be killed very quickly," said Bernard Guarnera, president of mining consultants Behre Dolbear, speaking in Ulan Bator earlier this month.

    Rio Tinto says will talk to Mongolia on copper mine deal Reuters 2011

  • Prof. Dolbear observes that if a galvanometer is placed between the terminals of a circuit of homogeneous iron wire and heat is applied, no electric effect will be observed; but if the structure of the wire is altered by alternate bending or twisting into a helix, then the galvanometer will indicate a current.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883 Various

  • To the complete bewilderment of Bell, it coolly announced that it had ` ` the only original telephone, '' and that it was ready to supply ` ` superior telephones with all the latest improvements made by the original inventors -- Dolbear, Gray, and Edison. ''

    The History of the Telephone 1910

  • But one year later, Dolbear came to view with an opposition telephone.

    The History of the Telephone 1910

  • In the course of the Dolbear lawsuit, a Reis machine was brought into court, and created much amusement.

    The History of the Telephone 1910

  • It took action quickly and organized the ` ` American Speaking-Telephone Company, '' with $300,000 capital, and with three electrical inventors, Edison, Gray, and Dolbear, on its staff.

    The History of the Telephone 1910

  • It came charging full tilt upon Bell, driving three inventors abreast -- Edison, Gray, and Dolbear.

    The History of the Telephone 1910

  • They threw it aside and employed Edison, Gray, and Dolbear to devise a telephone that could be put into competition with Bell's.

    The History of the Telephone 1910

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