Before we went wireless: David Edward Hughes, FRS : his life, inventions, and discoveries (1829-1900)

The Hughes Project

Welsh roots

The adventure begins

Go west, young man, and seek your fortune

Into the big league with both feet

Can you read me now? : return to Britain and the Atlantic telegraph cable

1858

Financial success at last

If only we had a telephone, we could sort this out!

A matter of life or death

The etheric force

The joyous years

The rise of the theoreticians

Last years and legacy

Appendix 1, pt. 1: Technical details of the development of Hughes's first telegraph instrument during the 1850s

Appendix 1, pt. 2: Technical details of the development of Hughes's improved telegraph instrument

Appendix 1, pt. 3: Development of Hughes's telegraph instrument after 1860

Appendix 2: The Hughes electromagnet

Appendix 3: The Hughes family in America from 1860.