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‎The History of the Institution of Electrical Engineers (1871-1931)‎

‎ Institution of Electrical Engineers, London Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1939 Book condition, Etat : Bon hardcover, editor's white full clothes binding with a black title-piece on the spine small In-4 1 vol. - 342 pages‎

‎1 colour plate in frontispiece (Drawings by A. Bryett of Savoy Place building, 36 other black and white plates (complete), with very nice full-pages portraits of Sir Humphry Davy, Sir Francis Bolton, James Clerk Maxwell, Oliver Heaviside, Michael Faraday, and few fac-similé letters (Maxwell to Faraday, William Thomson to Faraday) and many other documents 1st Edition, 1936 Contents, Chapitres : Preface and introduction - The first decade, 1871-1881 - The transition, 1881-1889 - The institution is being, 1889-1900 - The pre-war period, 1900-1914 - The war period, 1914-1918 - The restoration period, 1918-1931 - The precincts - The presidents, 1871-1938 - Appendix : Royal charter, Lectures, Medals, Scholarships, Premiums, Guiding regulations and conditions, First wiring rules, excerpt from the Ronalds Library Trust Deed - Index - he Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) was a British professional organisation of electronics, electrical, manufacturing, and Information Technology professionals, especially electrical engineers. It began in 1871 as the Society of Telegraph Engineers. In 2006, it ceased to exist independently, becoming part of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). Notable past presidents have included Lord Kelvin (1889), Sir Joseph Swan (1898) and Sebastian de Ferranti (191011). Notable chairmen include John M. M. Munro (191011). editor's binding in rather fine condition, light pencil track on the front part, else clean, very small missing on the bottom of the title-pied on the spine, inside is fine, no markings, complete of all the 36 plates and the colour frontispice, a nice copy of the first edition, with wonderful plates and high quality paper‎