Jervis-Smith, Frederick John 1848-
Variant namesHide Profile
Physicist, experimental mechanic, electrical engineer, and inventor; Fellow of the Royal Society; established the Millard Laboratory at Trinity College, Oxford, 1885, and was University Lecturer in Mechanics, 1888-1908. His inventions included the liquid microphone (1879) and the tram chronograph (1888), the latter used in measuring high-speed events such as explosions and gunshots. His work supplemented Oxford's physics teaching, and laid the foundations of its Engineering Science school.
From the description of Papers, 1883-1911. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81483256
Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
---|---|---|---|
creatorOf | Jervis-Smith, Frederick John, 1848-1911. Letter. | Smithsonian Institution. Libraries | |
creatorOf | Jervis-Smith, Frederick John, 1848-1911. Papers, 1883-1911. | American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library |
Filters:
Relation | Name |
---|---|
associatedWith | Berkeley, Randal Mowbray Thomas Rawdon, 8th Earl of Berkeley, 1865-1942. |
associatedWith | Dibner, Bern, |
associatedWith | Kelvin, William Thomson, Baron, 1824-1907. |
associatedWith | Lodge, Oliver, Sir, 1851-1940. |
associatedWith | Thompson, Silvanus P. (Silvanus Phillips), 1851-1916. |
Person
Birth 1848
Male
Variant Names
Shared Related Resources
Jervis-Smith, Frederick John 1848-
Jervis-Smith, Frederick John 1848- | Title |
---|