Background
H IBBERT, Walter was born on December 17, 1852.
H IBBERT, Walter was born on December 17, 1852.
Studied at Droylsden School. Owens College (Evening Department). Engaged in Telegraphic Service for some years, then joined staff of Chemical Laboratory, Royal Institution, Albermarle Street, London, under Doctor Gladstone, Fellow of the Royal Society, 1874.
Became Head of the Physics and Electrical Engineering Department, Polytechnic, Regent Street, 1884. Inventor of a standard magnet and a magnetic balance for magnetic measurement. Inventor of a standard cell to give the unit potential difference of 1 volt. A. Lecturer on Physics and ElectroTechnology, Polytechnic, Regent Street.
Fellow of Institute of Chemistry. Fellow of the Chemical Society. Member of Institute of Electrical Engineers.
Experimental work.