Shelford Bidwell

Shelford Bidwell

Shelford Bidwell (1848-1909) était un physicien et inventeur anglais.

Il est surtout connu pour son travail sur la « phototélégraphie »[1] un précurseur du télécopieur.

Notes et références

  1. Le terme anglo-saxon est « telephotography », mais en France ce terme désignait la photographie à grande distance à l'aide d'un Téléobjectif

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