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RefNoEC/1880/10
Previous numbersCert X, 364; A03639
LevelItem
TitleHughes, David Edward: certificate of election to the Royal Society
CitationInventor of the Printing Telegraph.
Discoverer of the Capillary Movement of Mercury under the influence of Electric Currents.
Inventor of the Microphone, the Sonometer, the Induction Balance, and other Electrical Appliances. Received the 'Grand Prix' for Telegraphy at the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1867.
ProposersFrom Personal Knowledge. W Grylls Adams; W Chandler Roberts; William Thomson; Frederick Guthrie; J H Gladstone; Warren De La Rue; Charles V Walker
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Hughes, David Edward: certificate of election to the Royal Society

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CodePersonNameDates
NA7981Hughes; David Edward (1831 - 1900)1831 - 1900
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