Title
Papers of Sir William Henry Preece
Reference
UK0108 SC MSS 022
Date
1878-1906
Scope and Content
Correspondence, pamphlets and printed material, notes and miscellaneous items chiefly relating to wireless telegraphy, the telephone and electric light: papers connected with Michael Faraday; copies of correspondence with Marconi; correpondence and papers related to D E Hughes; correspondence and papers connected with T A Edison; correspondence and papers connected with Lord Kelvin. Many of the items refer to a disagreement concerning priority of invention of the microphone between Hughes and Edison.
Exent
589 items
Language
English.
Persons keyword
Subject
Conditions governing access
Open access
Level of description
sub-fonds
