Sir William Preece, FRS. Victorian engineer extraordinary
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- Author(s) Baker, Edward C
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1976
- Pages 377pp; illus
- Publisher Hutchinson
- Place Published London
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Biography of Sir W Preece, 1834-1913, electrical engineer and administrator, who was especially involved in development of Post Office telegraphy, railway signalling, etc. Written by a former employee within the Engineer in Chief's Office of the Post Office and later its Archivist. Chapters include: 'The Electric Telegraph Co' [pp41-50]; 'The uses of advertisements' [pp56-60]; 'London & South Western Railway' [pp68-72]; 'The talking telegraph'; 'The telephone monopoly' [pp187-94]; 'Electrical signalling without wires' [pp254-58]; 'Marconi' [pp266-81]; etc