A history of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, 1871-1971 / by W. J. Reader ; based on research by Rachel Lawrence, Sheila Nemet, and Geoffrey Tweedale.
By: Reader, W. J. (William Joseph)
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Contributor(s): Lawrence, Rachel | Nemet, Sheila | Tweedale, Geoffrey | Institution of Electrical Engineers.
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BookPublisher: London : P. Peregrinus on behalf of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, c1987Description: viii, 327 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.ISBN: 0863411037 .Subject(s): Institution of Electrical Engineers -- HistoryDDC classification: 621.309 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Bibliography: p. 318-320. - Includes index.
Part One: The telegraph engineers -- The emergence of the telegraph engineer, 1837-1870 -- The society of telegraph engineers: foundation and membership -- A victorian learned society -- Part Two: The power engineers -- The rise of the power engineer, 1880-1895 -- The institution, the profession and the industry, 1895-1914 -- The institution in politics -- Towards a charter, 1914-1922 -- Wireless -- The chartered institution -- The unestablished profession -- The second world war, 1939-1945 -- The world turned upside down -- Government and opposition in the fifties -- Part Three: The electronics engineers -- The arrival of the electronics engineer -- Going into business -- Coming together: an Institution of engineers? -- Full circle?