William Henry Preece
1834 - 1913
- Born
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15 February 1834
Bryn Helen, Caernarfonshire, Wales
- Died
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06/11/1913
Penrhos, Caernarfonshire, Wales
- Nationality
- British
- Gender
- Male
- Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 02/06/1881
- Age at the time of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 47
- Fields of Interest
- Electrical engineering
- Occupation
- Electrical engineer and administrator
- Relationships
- Parents: Richard Matthias Preece (1797–1854), stockbroker and politician, and ane (1799–1870), daughter of John Hughes of Caernarfon, shipbuilder of Caernarvon. Spouse: (1864) Anne Agnes, daughter of George Pocock, Solicitor of Southampton.
- Catalogue
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- Wikipedia
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Author of
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Unpublished paper, 'On the heating effects of electric currents, no. IV' by William Henry Preece
Creator: William Henry Preece Reference number: AP/66/25 -
Paper, 'The influence of heat on the galvanic elements' by William Henry Preece
Creator: William Henry Preece Reference number: PP/3/7 -
Paper, 'On a new standard of illumination and the measurement of light' by W H [William Henry] Preece
Creator: William Henry Preece Reference number: PP/4/24 -
Paper, 'On the heating effects of electric currents' by W H [William Henry] Preece
Creator: William Henry Preece Reference number: PP/4/42 -
Paper, 'On a peculiar behaviour of glow-lamps when raised to high incandescence' by W H [William Henry] Preece
Creator: William Henry Preece Reference number: PP/6/25 -
Paper, 'On a new scale for tangent galvanometers' by W H [William Henry] Preece and H R Kempe
Creator: William Henry Preece Reference number: PP/8/32
Referee of
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Referee's report by William Henry Preece, on a paper 'On the effect of temperature on the specific inductive capacity of a dielectric' by W Cassie
Creator: William Henry Preece Reference number: RR/10/250
