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.

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William de Wiveleslie Abney

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Captain William de Wiveleslie Abney, of Derby

Sir William de Wiveleslie Abney, KCB, FRS, (24 July 1843 – 3 December 1920) was an English astronomer, chemist, and photographer.[1]

1895 President of the Physical Society

1904 Member of the committee appointed by the Board of Trade to review the gas industry


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  • Biography of Sir William de Wiveleslie Abney, ODNB