Author:Silvanus Phillips Thompson

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Silvanus Phillips Thompson
(1851–1916)

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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 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."

Works

Michael Faraday: his life and work (1898) (external scan)
(tr.) On the Magnet (1900) by William Gilbert
(tr.) Treatise On Light (1912) by Christiaan Huygens (HathiTrust)
Calculus Made Easy (2nd edition 1914) (transcription project)
Dynamo Electric Machinery

Articles in Popular Science Monthly

Contributions to the DNB

Contribution to EB1911

"Compass," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (in part)

Works about Thompson

"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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