| RefNo | ACS/5/4 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Press cuttings on trasmitters, batteries, and electric lighting, collected by Alan Archibald Campbell Swinton |
| Creator | Swinton; Alan Archibald Campbell (1863-1930); British electrical engineer |
| Date | 1884- 1888 |
| Description | Purpose made volume of press cuttings assembled by Alan Archibald Campbell Swinton, featuring an alphabetical subject index, with corresponding page numbers, at the front of the volume. The articles within cover a range of subjects including Addis transmitters; galvanic and secondary batteries; electric lighting at Colchester; The Penistone Accident; telephony and foreign railways. Also included are advertisements for businesses producing technical supplies such as dry plates; bromide paper; photographic developer solutions; argentotype paper; Woodbury Tissue; The Swinton Telephone; and instructions for working the platinotype process.
The articles are from a variety of publications, both scientific and general press, such as the Daily News; English Mechanic; Mechanical World; Engineer; Engineering; Tyneside Echo; The Times; The Field; and Land & Water. |
| Extent | 1 volume |
| Format | Printed |
| PhysicalDescription | Blue leather bound volume |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8285 | Swinton; Alan Archibald Campbell (1863 - 1930); electrical engineer | 1863 - 1930 |