Skip to main content
  • Utility Menu
  • Search
Harvard Logo
HARVARD.EDU

Collections Menu
  • Waywiser
  • People
  • Bibliography
  • Exhibitions
  • Thesaurus
  • My Object Lists
  • About
  • Sign in
Advanced Search
  • Home
  • People
  • George B. Prescott
Image Not Available

George B. Prescott

1830 - 1894

George Bartlett Prescott was an American electrician and inventor. He is best known for his work in telegraphy and the telephones.
Terms
  • United States
  • Kingston
"George Bartlett Prescott," Appletons Encyclopedia, Virtualology, http://famousamericans.net/georgebartlettprescott/ (accessed 06/18/2015)
The Speaking Telephone, Talking Phonograph and Other Novelties
Electricity and the Electric Telegraph
Electricity and the Electric Telegraph
The Speaking Telephone, Talking Phonograph and Other Novelties
The Speaking Telephone, Electric Light, and Other Recent Electrical Inventions
Electricity and the Electric Telegraph
Some Methods of Regulating Accumulators in Electric Lighting
The Speaking Telephone, Talking Phonograph, and Other Novelties
Dynamo-Electricity: Its Generation, Application, Transmission, Storage and Measurement
Some Methods of Regulating Accumulators in Electric Lighting
Electricity and the Electric Telegraph
History, Theory, and Practice of the Electric Telegraph

facebook iconTwitter Logo

_______________________________
Join Our Mailing List I Contact
_______________________________
The Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments
Science Center, Room 371 • 1 Oxford Street
Cambridge, MA 02138 •chsi@fas.harvard.edu
p. 617-495-2779 •
f. 617-496-5794
_______________________________
The CHSI is one of the

HMSC Logo

Exhibition Hours

The Putnam Gallery
(Science Center 136):
Monday through Friday, 11a.m. to 4p.m.


The Special Exhibitions Gallery
(Science Center 251):
Monday through Friday, 9a.m. to 5p.m.


The Foyer Gallery
Closed for Installation.

All galleries are closed on University Holidays.

Admission is free of charge.
Children must be escorted by an adult.

Admin Login
OpenScholar
Copyright © 2017 The President and Fellows of Harvard College | Privacy | Accessibility | Report Copyright Infringement