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Godfrey George Bayley – the life of an electrical engineer at home and abroad

A blog by Asha Gage, IET Archivist. This is a story about an electrical engineer, Godfrey George Bayley, who began his career on the workshop floor rising through the ranks to be so highly considered by his employers he was... Continue Reading →

Musical pamphlets in the Silvanus P. Thompson collection

Ella Mulliri is our guest blogger this month. She worked with us in the IET Library and Archives over the summer and brings her knowledge of composition and music generally to looking at the pamphlet collection of Silvanus P. Thompson.... Continue Reading →

Reflections on an ‘Electrical Age’

Guest blog by Madeleine Smith, Emily Raynor, and Isabella Fletcher from the University of Leeds. This is the final in a series of blogs written by Liberal Arts students at the University of Leeds to celebrate the centenary of the Electrical... Continue Reading →

Rare books: Geometria and Opera philosophica by René Descartes

This is a guest blog on René Descartes and some of his works we hold by A-Level student Phoebe Carnell who joined us for her work experience in the IET Library and Archives. Opera philosophica, 1685. A collection of 3... Continue Reading →

Rare books: Recherches Physiques sur le Feu and Recherches Physiques sur L’Électricité

The IET Library holds two books by the physician, politician, revolutionary and scientist Jean-Paul Marat. Recherches Physiques sur le Feu (1780) and Recherches Physiques sur L'Électricité (1782) are part of the collection of Silvanus P. Thompson purchased in 1917 by... Continue Reading →

The Women of  the EAW Manchester Branch 1926-1935

By Isabella Fletcher and Graeme Gooday, University of Leeds This is the sixth of a series of blogs written by Liberal Arts students at the University of Leeds to celebrate the centenary of the Electrical Association for Women in 2024.... Continue Reading →

Exploring advertising techniques in volume two of The Electrical Age

Guest blog by Emily Raynor, University of Leeds This is the fifth of a series of blogs written by Liberal Arts students at the University of Leeds to celebrate the centenary of the Electrical Association for Women in 2024. This... Continue Reading →

Safety first: risk as a theme in the Electrical Age

Guest blog by Madeleine Smith, University of Leeds This is the fourth of a series of blogs written by Liberal Arts students at the University of Leeds to celebrate the Electrical Association for Women (EAW) centenary in 2024. This project... Continue Reading →

The story of Roy Barker, a physicist with 70 years of membership at the IET

Guest blog by Peter Barker Why this blog? This story is about the achievements of a far from ordinary scientist who made a major contribution to the digital age but received little recognition. My late father, Ronald Hugh Barker, died... Continue Reading →

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