See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

WILLIAM See also:

• EDWARD

EDWARD See also:

• WILLIAM EDWARD AYRTON (1847-1908)

AYRTON (1847-1908)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English physicist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• LONDON

London on the 14th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1847 . He was educated at University See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, London, and in 1868 went out to See also:

• BENGAL
• BENGAL, BAY OF

Bengal in the service of the See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

Government See also:

• TELEGRAPH (Gr. Tike, far, and rypaq5eiv, to write)

Telegraph See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department . In 1873 he was appointed See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of physics and telegraphy at the Imperial College of See also:

• ENGINEERING

Engineering, Tokio . On his return to London six years later he became professor of applied physics at the See also:

• FINSBURY

Finsbury College of the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

City and Guilds of London Technical See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

Institute, and in 1884 he was chosen professor of See also:

• ELECTRICAL
• ELECTRICAL (or ELECTROSTATIC) MACHINE

electrical engineering at the Central Technical College, See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• KENSINGTON

Kensington . He published, both alone and jointly with others, a large number of papers on See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical, and in particular electrical, subjects, and his name was especially associated, together with that of Professor See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• PERRY
• PERRY (from Fr. Moire, from poire, a pear)
• PERRY, MATTHEW CALBRAITH (1794–1858)
• PERRY, OLIVER HAZARD (1785-1819)

Perry, with the invention of a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of electrical measuring See also:

• INSTRUMENTS

instruments . He died in London on the 8th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1908 . His wife, Mrs See also:

• HERTHA, or NERTHUS

Hertha See also:

• AYRTON, WILLIAM EDWARD (1847-1908)

Ayrton, whom he married in 1885, assisted him in his researches, and became known for her scientific See also:

• WORK

work on the electric arc and other subjects . The Royal Society awarded her one of its Royal medals in 1906 .