Thompson, Silvanus P. (Silvanus Phillips), 1851-1916
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English physicist; author of works on electricity and magnetism, and on lives of scientists. Thompson had hoped to get enough subscriptions to print this work however it didn't materialize. There is a printed order form tipped in, saying the edition would be limited to 225 copies and printed by Ernest Enthoven at the Essex House Press.
From the description of Albrecht Dürer's Geometry : manuscript translation of the 1538 edition of Underweysung der Mussung, ca. 1900. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122560385
Student, Royal College of Chemistry, London, England, 1875-1876; principal and professor of applied physics and electrical engineering, Finsbury Technical College, London, England, 1886-1916.
From the description of Correspondence and manuscripts, 1867-1922. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84131926
Born, York, 1851; educated at Bootham School, York; Flounders' Institute, Pontefract; Royal College of Chemistry, 1875-1876; Science master, York; Professor of Experimental Physics, University College, Bristol, 1876-1885; Principal and Professor of Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering, Finsbury Technical College, 1885-1916; President of the Physical Society; President of the Institution of Electrical Engineers; particularly noted for his work in electrical engineering; died, 1916. Publications: include: Dynamo-Electric Machinery: a manual for students of electrotechnics Second edition (E & F N Spon, London, 1884); Light Visible and Invisible. A series of lectures delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, at Christmas, 1896, with additional lectures (Macmillan & Co, London, 1897); Michael Faraday. His life and work (Cassell & Co, London, 1898); Optical Tables and Data for the use of opticians (E & F N Spon, London, 1900); Contributions to Photographic Optics by Otto Lummer, translated and augmented by S P Thompson (Macmillan & Co, London, 1900); The Life of William Thomson, Baron Kelvin of Largs (Macmillan & Co, London, 1910); Calculus made Easy (Macmillan & Co, London, 1910).
From the guide to the THOMPSON, Professor Silvanus Phillips (1851-1916), 1828-1951, (Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine)
Student, Royal College of Chemistry, London, England, 1875-1876; Principal and Professor of Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering, Finsbury Technical College, London, England, 1886-1916.
From the description of Spencer Collection, ca. 1830-1908. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80405075
From the description of Collins Collection, 1882-1940. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80710034
From the description of Autograph Letter Collection. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82023309
From the description of Papers, 1828-1929. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77646612
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