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Electrical, electronic and communications

From our Transactions

Some of the papers on electricity, electrical or electronic engineering and communications technologies. These papers can be purchased on the Internet from our on-line archive:

VolumeVol. years TitleAuthor

91928-29Early Days of Railway SignallingDeakin, W H
111930-31 The First Installation of House-to-House Electric Supply in the UKCrompton, R E B
131932-33 The Genesis of the Multiple Unit System of Electric Train ControlSprague, F T
141933-34 The Communication Revolution, 1760-1933Albion, R G
141933-34 The Early History of MagnetismKramer, J B
141933-34 Charles Babbage and his Difference EngineBuxton, L H D
201939-40Electrical Invention and Re-inventionO'Dea, W T
261947-49The Speaking Machine through the AgesVoskuil, J
421969-70The Story of Submarine Cables. Halsey, R J
451972-73The Siemens Brothers, Pioneers of the Electrical Age in EuropeWeiher, S von
471974-76The Automatic Telephone Exchange. Scowen, F
471974-76The First Cross-Channel Telephone Cable: The London-Paris Telephone Links of 1891Tucker, D G
481976-77 Transoceanic Submarine TelegraphyScowen, F
491977-78The Early Development of the British Underground Trunk Telephone Network Tucker, D G
50 1978-79 Early Electro-Magnetic Telegraph InstrumentsDawson, K
511979-80Rural Electrification in England, 1918-28, and the Pioneering Scheme of the Hereford CorporationTucker, D G
531981-82Sir William Preece (1834-1913)Tucker, D G
551983-84 The Development of the Thermionic Valve between 1900-1939 Earl, R
551983-84Mechano-Acoustic Sound Recording & Reproduction - Refinement and Rejection 1900-1929Brock-Nannestad, G
561984-85SIR CHARLES PARSONS Symposium - Developments in the Electricity Supply IndustryBowers, B
631991-92The Development and Diffusion of Telephone Technology in Britain, 1900-1940Foreman-Peck, J
651993-94A Review of the Development of the British Thermionic Valve Industry Morris, P R
661994-95Pneumatic tube communication systems in LondonClow, D G
671995-96 Solid state electronics, asynchronous motors and the electric locomotive Duffy, M C
671995-96Forgotten history: Sir Jagadis Bose and the origins of radio Dasgupta, S
671995-96The M-L Magneto Syndicate: a note based on the late Dr E A Watson`s papersWatson, J A
681996-97 Power supply to DC electric railwaysDuffy, M C
681996-97A history of electronic passive components: a personal viewDummer, G W A
681996-97Evolution of construction methods from radios to computersPinkerton, J M M
69:21997-98Hydro-electricity in North Wales 1880-1948 Woodward, G
71:11999-00The development of cash handling systems for shops and department storesLiffen, J
72:12000-01From Triode Oscillations to Pulse Modulated Radar: Sir Edward Appleton`s InvolvementBradley, J; Excell, P & Rowlands, P
72:1 2000-01 The 'OLD CHESTNUT' - The introduction of electricity in AbergavennyJones, A
73:12001-02Marconi's Translantic Wireless Message, 1901Constable, A R
75:22003-04The Fleming Thermionic Diode and the Birth of ElectronicsThrower, K
76:22004-05Submarine Cables: Novelty and Innovation, 1850-1870Cookson, G
76:22004-05The Evolution of Modern British Electronics, 1930-1945Burns, R W
77:22005-06The Early History of Telephony in Manchester, 1877-1898Wetton, J

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