thomas edward self 1898 at the monthly meeting of the royal society of tasmania on the evening of 11 july 1898 in the art gallery, argyle-street, hobart, thomas edward self read a paper on "telegraphy without wires", and "made some interesting experiments in the presence of the audience. there were two transmitters, one before the lecturer and the other entirely outside the room. it was shown by the continual ringing of a bell in the apparatus in front of the lecturer that there was continual connection between the two, though the connection was invisible." at a lecture at the technical school on the evening of 8 august 1898, thomas self (instructor at the school) again presented his work on electricity and demonstrated the topic with particular reference to "telegraphy without wires."