Oliver Heaviside collection, 1918-1919.

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Oliver Heaviside collection, 1918-1919.

The Oliver Heaviside Collection contains correspondence during 1918 and 1919 and lists. There are copies of 4 letters written by Oliver Heaviside to B.A. Behrend from Homefield, Torquay, during 1918 and 1919. (The original letters are at The Institute of Electrical Engineers, Savoy Place, London). The letters refer to Behrend's desire to honor Heaviside's work and Heaviside's reaction to Behrend's offer. Also in the collection are two lists of items. One list is entitled "List of Items in File Entitled: Behrend (B.A.) Collections-Oliver Heaviside."

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Heaviside, Oliver, 1850-1925

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Physicist (mathematical physics and electrical engineering). Telegraph operator, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, 1870-1874; self-employed as physicist and electrical engineer from 1874. From the description of Selected papers [microform], 1874-1922. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77818459 Nephew of Sir Charles Wheatstone (F. R. S. 1836). Employed in the Great Northern Telegraph Co. in Newcastle-on-Tyne but was afflicted with deafness and retired in 1874. Moved to Torquay where h...