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Sir Charles William Siemens. Stipple engraving by G.J. Stodart, 1884, after H. Van der Weyde.

Machines: a gas-fired glass-furnace, long and short sections, plan and details. Engraving, after 1861.

Sir Charles William Siemens. Photograph by Lock & Whitfield.

A water meter introduced by William Siemens and Joseph Adamson, 1851-1867. Photograph, ca. 1936.

A collection of letters to Sir Charles William Siemens, 1823-1883 / With a foreword by Sir George H. Nelson, and a short biography by W.H. Kennett.

On some applications of electric energy to horticulture and agriculture ; and A contribution to the history of secondary batteries : papers read before Section A of the British Association, at the York Meeting, 1st and 5th September, 1881 / by C. Wm. Siemens.

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A collection of letters to Sir Charles William Siemens, 1823-1883 / With a foreword by Sir George H. Nelson, and a short biography by W.H. Kennett.

A water meter introduced by William Siemens and Joseph Adamson, 1851-1867. Photograph, ca. 1936.

On some applications of electric energy to horticulture and agriculture ; and A contribution to the history of secondary batteries : papers read before Section A of the British Association, at the York Meeting, 1st and 5th September, 1881 / by C. Wm. Siemens.