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RefNoACS/1/1/322
AltRefNo63811
LevelItem
TitleLetter from [William Henry] Preece, Penrhos, Carnarvon, to [Alan Archibald] Campbell Swinton
CreatorPreece; Sir; William Henry (1834-1913); British electrical engineer; inventor
Date20 April 1913
DescriptionRegrets he is unable to find Swinton's letter to him introducing [Guglielmo Giovanni Maria] Marconi, fearing he may have destroyed it. Informs that Marconi brought it to him in 1896 when he was undertaking work on wireless telegraphy, recalling that he came to a hitch which Marconi's invention of utilising Hertzian waves and using vertical antennae, completely met. States that Marconi was given every assistance & encouragement, and proved the value of his invention.
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8011Preece; Sir; William Henry (1834 - 1913); electrical engineer and administrator1834 - 1913
NA8285Swinton; Alan Archibald Campbell (1863 - 1930); electrical engineer1863 - 1930
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