Soon after his discovery of the microphone he was invited to become a Fellow of the Royal Society, and a few years later, in 1885 he received the Royal Medal of the Society for his experiments, and especially those of the microphone. In 1881 he represented the United Kingdom as a Commissioner at the Paris International Exhibition of Electricity, and was elected President of one of the sections of the International Congress of Electricians. In 1886 he filled the office of President of the Society of Telegraph Engineers and of Electricians.英文原著 · 《Heroes of the Telegraph》
Edison, could be other than an accomplished electrician. His reputation as a scientist, indeed, is smirched by the newspaper exaggerations, and no doubt he will be more careful in future. But there is a danger nearer home, indeed, among his own friends and in his very household. The writer of page 242" (the original article) "is probably a friend of Mr. Edison, but possibly, alas! a wicked partner. Why does he say such things as these? Edison claims that he realizes 90 per cent.英文原著 · 《Edison, His Life and Inventions》
JAMES G. FRUST ..............The Boss E. BLEWITT VANE .............The Producer MR. FORESON .................The Stage Manager "ELECTRICS"..................The Electrician "PROPS" .....................The Property Man HERBERT .....................The Call Boy英文原著 · 《Four Short Plays》
Morse did not limit his connections to land telegraphy. In 1854, when Mr. Cyrus Field brought out the Atlantic Telegraph Company, to lay a cable between Europe and America, he became its electrician, and went to England for the purpose of consulting with the English engineers on the execution of the project. But his instrument was never used on the ocean lines, and, indeed, it was not adapted for them.英文原著 · 《Heroes of the Telegraph》
Next year Great Britain and Ireland were linked together. In May, 1853, England was joined to Holland by a cable across the North Sea, from Orfordness to the Hague. It was laid by the Monarch, a paddle steamer which had been fitted for the work. During the night she met with such heavy weather that the engineer was lashed near the brakes; and the electrician, Mr. Latimer Clark, sent the continuity signals by jerking a needle instrument with a string. These and other efforts in the Mediterranean and elsewhere were the harbingers of the memorable enterprise which bound the Old World and the New.英文原著 · 《Heroes of the Telegraph》
He at once adopted the scheme of Gisborne as a preliminary step to the vaster undertaking, and promoted the New York, Newfoundland, and London Telegraph Company, to establish a line of telegraph between America and Europe. Professor Morse was appointed electrician to the company.英文原著 · 《Heroes of the Telegraph》
By 16, I was thrice divorced and a member of the electricians' union, but go on.美剧 · 《2 Broke Girls》
Hey, it's Susan. Just wanted you to know I let the electrician in your house. I hope you're having a great time at the spa.美剧 · 《Desperate Housewives》
The $200-an-hour electrician couldn't figure out what it did.美剧 · 《Friends》
Every single year, fewer electricians, fewer carpenters, fewer plumbers, Every single year, fewer electricians, fewer carpenters, fewer plumbers,演讲 · 《Learning from dirty jobs ~ Mike Rowe》