Author:Silvanus Phillips Thompson
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electrical engineer and author; professor of physics at the City and Guilds Technical College in Finsbury, England
This author wrote articles for the Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900
Articles written by this author are designated in the DNB by the initials "S. P. T."
This author wrote articles for the Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900
Articles written by this author are designated in the DNB by the initials "S. P. T."
This author wrote articles for the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
Articles written by this author are designated in the EB1911 by the initials "S. P. T."
This author wrote articles for the Dictionary of National Biography, 1912 supplement
Articles written by this author are designated in the DNB by the initials "S. P. T."
Silvanus Phillips Thompson
Works[edit]
- Michael Faraday: his life and work (1898) (external scan)
- (tr.) Treatise On Light by Huygens (1912) (HathiTrust)
- Calculus Made Easy (2nd edition 1914) (transcription project)
- Dynamo Electric Machinery
Articles in Popular Science Monthly[edit]
- "Education as a Hindrance to Manual Occupations" in Popular Science Monthly, 18 (November 1880)
- "Methods in Industrial Education" in Popular Science Monthly, 18 (December 1880)
- "Optical Illusions of Motion" in Popular Science Monthly, 18 (February 1881)
Contributions to the DNB[edit]
Contribution to EB1911[edit]
- "Compass," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (in part)
Works about Thompson[edit]
- "Thompson, Silvanus Phillips," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1927 supplement, London: Oxford University Press (1927)
- "THOMPSON, Silvanus Phillips". Who's Who, 59: p. 1740. 1907.
Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.
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