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RefNoACS/1/1/311
AltRefNo56509
LevelItem
TitleLetter from John Perry, Imperial College of Science, Royal College of Science, South Kensington, London, S. W., to [Alan Archibald Campbell] Swinton
CreatorPerry; John (1850-1920)
Date15 June 1908
DescriptionRefers to his previous lectures 'Seeing by Electricity' and "The future of development of Electrical Appliances". Comments on how it is 'wonderful that signalling by sound through the sea to ships is only now being developed' although he 'described so carefully how the thing was to be done'.
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA5509Perry; John (1850 - 1920); electrical engineer and mathematician1850 - 1920
NA8285Swinton; Alan Archibald Campbell (1863 - 1930); electrical engineer1863 - 1930
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