RefNo | ACS/1/1/162 |
AltRefNo | 78201 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter from [John Ambrose] Fleming, University College, Gower Street, WC1., to Mr [Alan Archibald] Campbell Swinton |
Creator | Fleming; Sir; John Ambrose (1849 - 1945); electrical engineer and university teacher |
Date | 16 October 1922 |
Description | Informs of his recent trip to the Science Museum in South Kensington to see Hughes' original wireless apparatus, discovered and described by Swinton in The Times. Noticed nearby a case with thermionic valves and enquires whether Swinton knows if the Museum Director would care to have any original thermionic valves which he first used in 1904 for rectifying high frquency currents. |
Extent | 1p |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA7145 | Fleming; Sir; John Ambrose (1849 - 1945); electrical engineer and university teacher | 1849 - 1945 |
NA8285 | Swinton; Alan Archibald Campbell (1863 - 1930); electrical engineer | 1863 - 1930 |