Record

RefNoMC/12/42
LevelItem
TitleLetter from W H [William Henry] Preece, General Post Office, to W [William] E Spottiswoode, [President of the Royal Society]
CreatorPreece; Sir; William Henry (1834-1913); British electrical engineer; inventor
Date27 April 1880
DescriptionSending a paper on the thermal effect of electric currents. Preece references a disagreement with Théodose du Moncel in Paris.

[For paper, see related material.]
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1879.0139
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7690Spottiswoode; William (1825 - 1883)1825 - 1883
NA8011Preece; Sir; William Henry (1834 - 1913)1834 - 1913
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