James Dewar
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Sir James Dewar FRS (20 September 1842 – 27 Mairch 1923) wis a Scots chemist an physicist. He is probably best-kent the day for his invention o the Dewar flask, that he uised in conjunction wi extensive research intae the liquefaction o gases.
Sir James Dewar | |
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![]() Sir James Dewar FRS | |
Born | 20 September 1842 Kincardine-on-Forth, Scotland |
Dee'd | 27 Mairch 1923 Lunnon, Ingland | (aged 80)
Naitionality | Scots / Breetish |
Alma mater | Varsity o Edinburgh |
Kent for | Liquid oxygen Liquid hydrogen |
Awairds | Hodgkins gowd medal (Smithsonian Institution) Lavoisier Medal (French Academy o Sciences) Albert Medal (Ryal Society o Airts) Rumford Medal (1894) Franklin Medal (1919) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Pheesics Chemistry |
Institutions | Ryal Institution Varsity o Cambridge |
Doctoral advisor | Laird Playfair |
A plaque o Dewar bi Sir Bertram Mackennal (in 1925) wis pit up in the Ryal Institution (RI) London, whaur Dewar haed gien lecturs tae RI memmers, in 1904. An eemage o the event wis pentit bi Henry Jamyn Brooks an hings in the RI, wha hae forby yin o Dewar's origeenal flasks.[1]
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References
eedit- ↑ "James Dewar lecturing on liquid hydrogen". www.rigb.org (in Inglis). Retrieved 19 Januar 2022.