RefNoACS/5/6
LevelItem
TitlePress cuttings relating to electric lighting collected by Alan Archibald Campbell Swinton
CreatorSwinton; Alan Archibald Campbell (1863-1930); British electrical engineer
Date1891-1914
DescriptionPurpose made volume of press cuttings assembled by Alan Archibald Campbell Swinton, featuring an unused alphabetical subject index, at the front of the volume, with numbered pages. The articles pasted within cover a range of subjects including electric lighting plants of New Scotland Yard; electrical installation fire rules; telephony; the turbo-generator plant desinged by Swinton; electric supply in Scarborough; gas bubbles in the glass of Crookes tubes; Swinton's previously unpublished X-Ray images; and electrical energy for Kent.
Also included is a colour print of Swinton, published as Supplement to Mayfair Newspaper, London, May 1914, pasted on page 71.

The articles are from a variety of publications, both scientific and general press, such as The Engineer; The Electrical Review; The Morning Post; Industries; Newcastle Daily Journal; Surrey Times; Morning Post; The Times; The Globe; Engineering; The Financial News; The Scotsman; The Indian Engineer; The Kelso Chronicle; The Berwickshire News; Scarborough Evening News; The Scarborough Post; The Scarborough Mercury; The Yorkshire Post; The Leeds Mercury; The Scarborough Gazette; South Wales Evening News; The Midland Times and Rugby Gazette; The Advertiser; The Yorkshire Herald; Daily Chronicle; Evening Standard and St. James's Gazette; The Tribune; Evening News; The Financial Times; The Graphic; Mayfair Newspaper and The Engineering Review.
Extent1 volume
FormatPrinted
PhysicalDescriptionBlack leather bound volume featuring gold lettering.
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8285Swinton; Alan Archibald Campbell (1863 - 1930); electrical engineer1863 - 1930
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