Author:Willoughby Smith

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Willoughby Smith
(1828–1891)

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English electrical engineer whose discovery of selenium's photoconductivity led to the invention of photoelectric cells, including those used in early television systems.

Works

Selenium: its electrical qualities, and the effect of light thereon (1877)
A résumé of the earlier days of electric telegraphy (1881)
The rise and extension of submarine telegraphy (1891) IA

Works about Smith

"Smith, Willoughby," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.

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