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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Choice Review     More Content       More by this author     Hughes, Ivor, 1940-     Subjects     Hughes, David Edward, 1829-1900.     Inventors -- United States -- Biography.     Inventors -- Great Britain -- Biography.     Telegraph -- History.     Telephone systems -- History.     Metal detectors -- History.     Electromagnets -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Hughes, Ivor, 1940-       by title:      Before we went wirel...       by call number:      609.2 H893h     Search the Web     Hughes, Ivor, 1940-     Hughes, David Edward, 1829-1900.     Inventors -- United States -- Biography.     Inventors -- Great Britain -- Biography.     Telegraph -- History.     Telephone systems -- History.     Metal detectors -- History.     Electromagnets -- History.       MARC Display

Before we went wireless : David Edward Hughes, FRS : his life, inventions, and discoveries (1829-1900) / Ivor Hughes & David Ellis Evans. by Hughes, Ivor, 1940- Images from the Past, c2011. Call #: 609.2 H893h Subjects Hughes, David Edward, 1829-1900.   Inventors -- United States -- Biography.   Inventors -- Great Britain -- Biography.   Telegraph -- History.   Telephone systems -- History.   Metal detectors -- History.   Electromagnets -- History. ISBN:  9781884592546 1884592546 9781884592539 (pbk.) 1884592538 (pbk.) Edition:  1st ed. Description:  xiii, 386 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents:  The Hughes Project -- Welsh roots -- The adventure begins -- Go west, young man, and seek your fortune -- Into the big league with both feet -- Can you read me now? : return to Britain and the Atlantic telegraph cable--1858 -- Financial success at last -- If only we had a telephone, we could sort this out! -- A matter of life or death -- The etheric force -- The joyous years -- The rise of the theoreticians -- Last years and legacy. Summary:  "The first biography of the brilliant inventor and practical experimenter in late 19th century telegraphy, telephony, metal detection, and audiology, British-born David Edward Hughes"--Provided by publisher. Genre:  Biographies. Other authors:  Evans, David Ellis, 1943- Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Cole Harbour Public Library Adult Biography 609.2 H893h Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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