Alfred Ewing. Sir James Alfred Ewing KCB FRS FRSE DL [1] MInstitCE (27 March 1855 − 7 January 1935) was a Scottish physicist and engineer, best known for his work on the magnetic properties of metals and, in particular, for his discovery of, and coinage of the word, hysteresis . It was said of Ewing that he was 'Careful at all times of his. In 1880, Sir James Alfred Ewing, Thomas Gray, and John Milne—all British scientists working in Japan—began to study earthquakes. They founded the Seismological Society of Japan, which funded the invention of seismographs. Milne invented the horizontal pendulum seismograph in the same year. After World War II, the horizontal pendulum.
Oil Painting Replica Sir James Alfred Ewing (18551935), 1929 by Henry John Lintott
Sir Alfred Ewing, in full Sir James Alfred Ewing (born March 27, 1855, Dundee, Angus, Scotland—died January 7, 1935, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England), British physicist who discovered and named hysteresis, the resistance of magnetic materials to change in magnetic force. Sir Alfred Ewing (born March 27, 1855, Dundee, Angus, Scotland—died January 7, 1935, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England) British physicist who discovered and named hysteresis, the resistance of magnetic materials to change in magnetic force.. Ewing was professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Tokyo (1878-83) and professor of mechanism and applied mechanics at King's. Ewing, James Alfred. ( b. Dundee, Scotland, 27 March 1855; d. Cambridge, England, 7 January 1935) physics. Ewing's most important research dealt with magnetism. He was one of the first to observe the phenomenon of hysteresis, which he named and studied both experimentally and theoretically. He also did research in seismography and thermodynamics. James Alfred Ewing was born in Dundee on March 27, 1855. In his Engineer's Outlook (1933), an " olla-podrida of reminiscence and exposition and reflection," he calls it, he has told in brief his life story of much interest and high achievement. His father, of sturdy farmer stock, was minister of the Free Church of Scotland in Dundee.
Autograph letter by James Alfred Ewing [18551935] Scottish physicist (1907) Manuscript / Paper
Sir James Alfred Ewing (yōō´Ĭng), 1855-1935, Scottish engineer and physicist. As professor at Tokyo (1878-83), Dundee (1883-90), and Cambridge (1890-1903), he helped establish programs in engineering. Ewing was director of naval education in Great Britain (1903-16) and was knighted in 1911. He was principal and vice chancellor of the Univ. of Edinburgh from 1916 to 1929. JAMES ALFRED EWING 1855-1935 JAMES ALFRED EWING was born in Dundee on March 27, 1855. In his Engineer's Outlook (1933), an "olla-podrida of reminiscence and exposi-tion and reflection," he calls it, he has told in brief his life story of much interest and high achievement. His father, of sturdy farmer stock, was James Alfred Ewing was · born in Dundee on March 27, 1855, and received his early education at two of the schools that city-the West End Academy and the High School. Following this, he won a. The James Alfred Ewing medal is named after him, and is presented by the Institution of Civil Engineers for special meritorious contributions to the science of engineering. Thanks in part to Sir James's lifelong dedication to engineering and academia, today's Forward Thinkers - and their cats - can enjoy a much more straightforward path.
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For the young James Alfred Ewing, that place was the family attic in Dundee. "In a family whose chief interests were clerical and literary I was a 'sport' who took his pleasure in machines and experiments. My scanty pocket-money was spent on tools and chemicals," he wrote in An Engineer's Outlook, published in 1933. These were used. Sir James Alfred Ewing (1855-1935), Principal of the University of Edinburgh from 1916, was born in Dundee, his father a minister in the Free Church of Scotland. As a child, he would frequently carry out "experiments" that led to "fearsome explosions" in his attic and the intentional administration of electric shocks.
Sir James Alfred Ewing KCB lived from 27 March 1855 to 7 January 1935. He was an eminent physicist, engineer and academic who is remembered primarily for his work on the magnetic properties of metals. The wider picture in Scotland at the time is set out in our Historical Timeline. Ewing was born in Dundee, the son of a church minister. "James Alfred Ewing became a professor at Cambridge, and made a little known mark in World War I. As an educational advisor to the Royal Navy and with his scientific abilities, he was called upon in 1914 to set up a section in Room 40 of the Admiralty building in Whitehall for decrypting German navy wireless messages. This section was the.
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Hall's role at Room 40 was referred to widely in the popular press of the time. He was variously described as 'Eavesdropper Ewing', 'The Cipher King' and 'The U-boat Trapper'. His son published a memoir in 1939, The Man of Room 40: The Life of Sir Alfred Ewing. Knighted in 1911, Sir James Alfred Ewing - who retired from Edinburgh University in. Of the several seismographs that he designed while teaching physics and engineering in Meiji Japan, James Alfred Ewing was particularly excited about the horizontal pendulum form, describing it as "novel" and "certainly far superior to the long pendulum seismograph in simplicity and cheapness of construction, ease of use, and accuracy of results." In 1886, after his return to Scotland.
