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Thomson, William, 1824 - 1907 (Baron Kelvin, mathematician and physicist)

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Miscellaneous scientific papers, 1878 - 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/238
Scope and Contents Papers and correspondence relating to electricity, 1880-1902, including an affidavit by Sir George Airy on the galvanic nature of the telephone for the Attorney General, V. Edison Telephone Co., and further papers concerning the case, including a letter of thanks to Airy for his attendance at court and a cheque for £52.10s.0d as a fee. There is also correspondence with E.S. di Odiardi concerning his proposed apparatus for measuring atmospheric electricity; Lord Kelvin on atmospheric...
Dates: 1878 - 1909
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