Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Willoughby Smith
Standard Name: Smith, Willoughby
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1866: Willoughby Smith discovered that light lowers...
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1866
Willoughby Smith
discovered that light lowers electrical resistance of selenium rods. This, the "photoelectric effect," is the basic principle behind fax machines and televisions.
McNeil, Ian, editor. An Encyclopedia of the History of Technology. Routledge, 1996.
