Record

RefNoACS/1/2/1/745
AltRefNo797
LevelItem
TitleLetter from [Alan Archibald Campbell] Swinton, to Sir Oliver Lodge
CreatorSwinton; Alan Archibald Campbell (1863-1930); British electrical engineer
Date18 May 1921
DescriptionConfirms being able to meet with Lodge on 21 May. Invites Lodge to a transmission at his home, at 40 Chester Square, from the Eiffel Tower. Informs he has had a copper box made but so far have got very contradictory results with it, stating he is going to try putting the whole of the apparatu, including the frame, amplifier, batteries, and telephones inside the box, listening to the telephone through an india-rubber pipe.
Extent1p
FormatTypescript
PhysicalDescriptionCarbon
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8285Swinton; Alan Archibald Campbell (1863 - 1930); electrical engineer1863 - 1930
NA8070Lodge; Sir; Oliver Joseph (1851 - 1940); physicist1851 - 1940
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