Great
Yarmouth, 06.04. 1828- Eastbourne, 17.07.1891
1873
Research on photo conductivity of selenium
In
1873 Smith Engineer society Gutta-Percha during the development of
its instrumentation for the measurement and control of the laying of
submarine cables and discovers studying the photo conduvtivity of selenium and shall notify in a letter to a Latimer Clark
February 4 1873 and subsequently publish his research in the journal Nature
on 20 February 1873