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Bill Gallagher
Though interesting, the section on Bill Gallagher isn't correct. He did not invent the electric fence. This is confirmed by the website referenced in that entry. According to www.gallaghergroup.co.nz, "In 1937 Bill Gallagher made his first electric fence. He had read that in America they were using electrified wire to hold stock."
That pretty much says that he got the idea from already established invention and livestock application of the electric fence.
For that reason, I am moving the content just added to this page for further discussion.
The earliest practical electric fence unit was developed in 1936/1937 by New Zealand inventor William "Bill" Gallagher Snr. Built from a car's ignition coil and a meccano set, Gallagher used the device to keep his horse from scratching itself against his car. Gallagher later started a company to improve and market his invention. Today the Gallagher Group of companies is still heavily involved in electric fencing for livestock control.
Tobycat 03:31, 27 May 2005 (UTC)
I feel that the section that states that an early application of electric fences was Bill Gallaghers fence is misleading. It is clearly not an early application when the article mentions electric fences usage in the previous paragraphs. For this reason I'm changing it to earliest application for livestock -- Preceding unsigned comment added by Alistairslalom (talk o contribs) 13:49, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
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Mark Twain
Twain's Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) features an electrified fence (used to defend a stronghold). Is this at all relevant? Was the concept or application around before this? 16:03, 25 Oct 2005
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