Sir Francis Ronalds
Subtitle: father of the electric telegraph
By: Beverley F. Ronalds
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 604
ISBN-13: 9781783269174
Subjects: Meteorologists; History; Telegraph; Biography; Inventors
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 557-592) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Founded on cheese; title: Scenes in the story; title: Frank and his family; title: A life of science; title: Electrical science and engineering 1810-19; title: Who invented the electric telegraph?; title: The grand tour; title: A sulphur business opportunity?; title: Perspective tracing instruments; title: Alexander Blair and the Carnac megaliths; title: Science exhibitions : a glimpse into Ronalds' mechanical inventions 1824-41; title: Kew Observatory 1842-55 and beyond; title: Atmospheric electricity and meteorology : instruments and observations; title: Photographic recording instruments for meteorology and geomagnetism; title: Last years and legacy.