IET ANNIVERSARY FEATURES
Making a diff erence for 150 years
1871 ● T e Society of
Telegraph Engineers (STE) is founded on 17 May
1872
● T e fi rst Ordinary
Meeting of the STE is held on 28 February
● T e Society’s fi rst journal is published
● Sir Charles Siemens
elected as fi rst STE President
1882 1878
● T e fi rst Wiring
Regulations published as Rules and
Regulations for the Prevention of Fire Risks arising from
Electric Lighting 1883
● T e STE&E is registered under the Companies Act
1884
● T e Vulcanic Society is founded, later the Junior Institution of Engineers
1885 1881 1873 1874
● Sir William Preece demonstrates Edison’s phonograph – the fi rst demonstration in the UK
● T e STE changes its name to the Society of Telegraph Engineers and of Electricians (STE&E)
● Sir Joseph Swan presents a paper on T e subdivision of the electric light (i.e. incandescent lamps for interior lighting)
1887 1889
● First Student meetings held
● T e STE&E changes its name to the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE)
1890
● T e IEE Benevolent Fund is established
1892 1892
● Nikola Tesla gives a lecture on ‘Experiments with Alternate Currents of High Potential and High Frequency’ – this was so popular it was held at the Royal Institution to allow more members to attend
1877
As the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) celebrates a famous birthday, we look at some of the major milestones in its history...
● T e STE Honorary Fellowships are fi rst awarded.
● Willoughby Smith presents a paper on the photoconductivity of selenium – technology which led to early television cameras and solar cells
● Sir William T omson, later Lord Kelvin, becomes President of the STE
1875
● Alexander Graham Bell presents his paper Researches in electric telegraphy
● Sir Francis Ronalds bequeathes his library of rare books and pamphlets to the STE, forming the core of the Library collection
● T e fi rst scholarship is founded as the Salomons Scholarship, from a bequest by Sir David Salomons
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