1. For a short critical biography see D. G. Tucker, W. H. Preece: 19th century telegraph, telephone, and power station engineer, Papers presented at 2nd I.E.E. Weekend Meeting on the History of Electrical Engineering, July 1974, pp. 10/1-10; Inst. of Elect. Engrs.
2. The Times, 17 March 1891, p. 13.
3. Electrician, 20, 18 Nov. 1887, p.25.