William Duddell
William Du Bois Duddell (1 July 1872 - 4 November 1917) was a British physicist and electrical engineer. He was privately educated in the UK and France and rose quickly through the prestigious City & Guilds Schools via scholarships. Duddell was an ingenious instrument maker. According to one obituary, at the age of four he constructed an automaton by combining a toy mouse with a clockwork. His inventions include the moving coil oscillograph, as well as the thermo-ammeter and thermo-galvanometer.
Read more about William Duddell: Duddell's "Singing Arc", Honours
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