Electrical Engineering

In the year 1851 electrical science was a new plant of recent growth but nevertheless very firmly established. The discoveries of Volta, Davy, Oersted, Faraday and Ampere, had followed each other rapidly, dovetailing one into another so completely that within a few decades a comprehensive body of knowledge had been collected together in a field which had before been completely barren. Never in history had so many doors been opened by discovery in such a short time and it is no wonder that the century that has since elapsed has seen a most remarkable development in the practical application, through engineering, of the principles then revealed.