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Printed below portrait on original print - (d) Rookes Evelyn Bell Crompton (1845 – 1940) (Photo: Institution of Electrical Engineers)

Photo of print used for exhibition purposes – historical persons in the development of electricity & electrical engineering. Possibly reproduced by Mr J.F. Bryce.

Wrapped in tissue paper.

Mr Rookes Evelyn Bell Crompton (b.1845 – d.1940) 1 B&W photo print

1870 – 1880 one of the pioneers in commercial electric lighting using arc lamps. His home is reputed to be the first in England to be fully electrically powered & electrically lighted. Proposed the generation & distribution of Direct-Current, but it was the Alternating-Current system advocated by Ferranti that was universally adopted.

Photo of print used for exhibition purposes – historical persons in the development of electricity & electrical engineering. Possibly reproduced by Mr J.F. Bryce.

Any use of this image must be accompanied by the credit “Horowhenua Historical Society Inc.”

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