Light visible and invisible; a series of lectures delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, at Christmas, 1896

by Silvanus Phillips Thompson (creator)

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344 pages, Paperback

First published September 27, 2015

About the author

Silvanus Phillips Thompson FRS was a professor of physics at the City and Guilds Technical College in Finsbury, England. He was known for his work as an electrical engineer and as an author.

Thompson is one of the individuals represented on the Engineers Walk in Bristol, England.

Thompson was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1891 and was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1894.