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TitlePress cuttings: Photography, Swinton's book publication, and Conversazione exhibit
CreatorSwinton; Alan Archibald Campbell (1863-1930); British electrical engineer
Date1883-1893
DescriptionVolume combining press cuttings of articles and letters to the press, authored by Alan Archibald Campbell Swinton, as well numerous reviews of Swinton's publication "The Principles and Practice of Electric Lighting" from a variety of newspapers and journals, and letters from various individuals congratulating and thanking Swinton for sending them a copy. These individuals include: Mary S Riddle, dated 27 March; William Thomson, dated 21 April 1884; Fleeming Jenkin, dated 27 March 1884; William Crookes, dated 6 April 1884; C. Mitchell, dated 27 March 1884; William [George] Armstrong, dated 19 March 1886, and can be found pasted amogst the reviews. Also included is press coverage of Swinton's exhibition of his electrical discharge photographs.

Interspersed throughout are items such as Swinton's certificate of honourable mention of the Amateur Photographic Association, dated 14 July 1880; Swintons' personal Diploma of Honour for Excellence in Photography, awarded to him for an exhibition held in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in November 1883; thanks from the Royal Society, signed by Rayleigh, for exhibiting at the Conversazione.

The articles and letters to the press authored by Swinton cover subjects such as photography & amateur photography, including discussion of advances, methods, and apparatus. Numerous articles pertaining to electric lighting, including on war ships appear, as well as those on wireless telegraphy and optics.

Press cuttings from the following publications appear in this volume:
The British Journal of Photography; The British Journal Photographic Almanac; Good Words; The Courant; The Telegraphic Journal and Electrical Review; Time; The Electrician; The Financial News; Newcastle Daily Journal; The Electrical Engineer; The Statist; The Mining World; Birmingham Daily Gazette; The Colliery Guardian; Mining Journal; St James' Gazette; The Sheffield Telegraph; The Scotsman; Liverpool Mercury; The Machinery Market; The Daily Review; Notts Daily Guardian; The Colonial Trade Journal; The Inventors' Record; The Athenaeum; The Guardian; Quarterly Journal of Science; Nature; The Saturday Review; Chemiker-Zeitung; Mercantile World; English Mechanic; Engineering; Edinburgh Courant; Deutsche Litteraturezeitung; The Building News; The Sheffield Telegraph; The Bookseller; The Liverpool Courier; The Bradford Observer; Iron & Coal Trades Review; The Scotsman; Manchester Examiner; Murray's Magazine; Pall Mall Gazette; The Practical Engineer.

The volume is signed by Swinton and dated 12 April 1883.
Extent1 volume
FormatPrinted
PhysicalDescriptionRed leather bound volume with detached cover, missin spine, exposed binding, with Swinton's name embossed in gold lettering on the front cover.
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8285Swinton; Alan Archibald Campbell (1863 - 1930); electrical engineer1863 - 1930
NA3460Armstrong; William George (1810 - 1900); Baron Armstrong of Cragside; armaments manufacturer and industrialist1810 - 1900
NA8289Thomson; William (1824 - 1907); Baron Kelvin of Largs; mathematician and physicist1824 - 1907
NA7979Jenkin; Henry Charles Fleeming (1833 - 1885); engineer and electrician1833 - 1885
NA8188Crookes; Sir; William (1832 - 1919); chemist and science journalist1832 - 1919
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