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Willoughby Smith (6 April 1828, in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk – 17 July 1891, in Eastbourne, Sussex) was an English electrical engineer who discovered the photoconductivity of the element selenium. This discovery led to the invention of photoelectric cells, including those used in the earliest television systems. Provided by Wikipedia

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Selenium, its electrical qualities, and the effect of light thereon :

being a paper read before the Society of Telegraph Engineers, 28th November, 1877 /

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Main Creator:: Smith, Willoughby, 1828-1891.
Language:: English
Format:: Book
Published / Created: 1877]
Notes: I̲ṉ Thorpe, T. E., comp. Miscellaneous chemical memo...