Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,253 pages of information and 244,496 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Society of Telegraph Engineers and Electricians

From Graces Guide

1880 At the General Meeting of the Society of Telegraph Engineers on 22 December it was decided to alter the title to reflect the changes in electrical technology of the day and was renamed The Society of Telegraph Engineers and of Electricians.

1887 At a meeting of the Council on 10 November a motion was put forward to alter the name to the Institution of Electrical Engineers to reflect its status as the representative body of electrical engineers in England.

1887 Desmond G. Fitzgerald was a member.

1889 On 1 January the Register of Joint Stock Companies issued a Certificate of Incorporation of the Institution of Electrical Engineers.


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