CHAPTER XII 



INVENTION EXTRAORDINARY 



The Story of Archibald Montgomery Low 



IF Professor Low had not been a scientist and inventor 

 he might have made his fortune as a conjurer, so many 

 are the apparent miracles originating in his fertile 

 brain. As readily he might have written romances like 

 The Time Machine, or books such as those of Jules 

 Verne, for none has given more thought to the future. 



You may look up Professor Low in a reference book 

 without getting any idea of the many inventions which 

 this remarkable man has to his credit ; these inventions 

 number over a hundred, and some are of first-rate im- 

 portance. 



In the reference books we find : 



Professor A. M. Low, A.C.G.L., M.IA.E., F.C.S., F.R.G.S., 

 F.I.P.L., D.Sc, F.R.A., formerly Honorary Assistant Professor 

 of Physics at Royal Artillery College, Technical Director of the 

 Low Engineering Company, Ltd., Member of Council and Chair- 

 man Technical Committee of Institute of Patentees, consulting 

 engineer, and probably the most popular of the professors or 

 doctors connected with the wireless industry. Born in Eng- 

 land. Educated at St Paul's School and Central Technical 

 College, South Kensington. Served in the War as Major in the 

 Royal Flying Corps, being Officer Commanding the R.F.C. 

 Experimental Works. He was responsible for the design of 

 wireless torpedo sending gear, the audiometer for photographing 

 sound, the Low two-stroke forced induction engine, and the 

 silencing of the London Underground Railway. 



These facts, as usual, give little indication of the 

 romantic story that lies behind them. 



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