DocumentCode
813826
Title
Francis Ronalds, electrician and book collector
Author
Symons, Lenore
Author_Institution
Instn. of Electr. Eng., London, UK
Volume
91
Issue
11
fYear
2003
fDate
11/1/2003 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1980
Lastpage
1983
Abstract
The electrostatic telegraph made by Francis Ronalds was never adopted practically, but in later life he gathered the collection of books on electricity that became the basis of the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) library. The author looks at the life and work of this electrical pioneer.
Keywords
biographies; electrical engineering; history; special libraries; telegraphy; Francis Ronalds; IEE library; Institution of Electrical Engineers; book collection; book collector; electrical pioneer; electricity; electrostatic telegraph; Books; Chemicals; Dairy products; Educational institutions; Electrostatics; Libraries; Meteorology; Radio access networks; Telegraphy; Wire;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Proceedings of the IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9219
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/JPROC.2003.818329
Filename
1240085
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