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| Author(s): | B. Bowers |
| Publisher: | IEE |
| ISBN: | 0852961030 |
| Format: | hardback |
| 235pp | |
| Price: | £39.00 |
| Review Date: | 31 January 2002 |
| Review: | Charles Wheatstone became a household name in his day because of his work, with W. F. Cooke, on the electric telegraph, but he also invented the concertina and discovered the principles of stereoscopy. He was a major figure in Victorian science and had an encyclopaedic knowledge of the scientific literature in several languages. Ohms Law and Wheatstone's Bridge were introduced in Wheatstone's 1843 paper on electrical measurements in which he acknowledged that the Bridge was devised by S. H. Christie; although it has been known ever since as 'Wheatstone's Bridge'. This book, which celebrates the centenary of Wheatstone birth, concentrates on the scientific publications and the record of Wheatstone's scientific and business interests. |