| RefNo | EC/1886/14 |
| Previous numbers | Cert XI, 111 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Unwin, William Cawthorne: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Citation | Educated as an Engineer in the works of the late Sir W Fairbairn FRS under whose directon he was engaged in various researches published in the Trans RS particularly those on the collapse of tubes and the density of steam. In charge of Engineering workshops for 5 years. Then Instructor in Marine Engineering at Royal School of Naval Architecture, South Kensington & is now Professor of Mechanics & Hydraulic Engineering at the Royal Indian Engineering College. He is the author of the following works & papers - Wrought iron Bridges & roofs (1869) The elements of machine design (1877) Article on Hydraulics Encycl- Britannica (1881) Movement of Water in a tidal river (1883) Friction of water against solid surfaces of different degrees of roughness (Proc RS 1880) Movement of air in Pneumatic tubes (M Proc Insn CE) Resistance of boiler flues to collapse (Proc ICE 1876) Theory of the Centrifugal pump (Proc ICE 1878) Discharge of water from orifices at different temperatures (Physical Society 1878) Memorandum on the effect of wind pressures on roofs (Chatham) Coefficient of friction of air flowing in long pipes (Proc ICE 1880) Report to the Council on the forms of Riveted joints (Proc Mech Eng 1881) Memorandum on the Keroni Weir & the surface of falling water (Prof papers on Indian Eng) Strength of Crank shafts (Annual of School of Naval Arch) Current meter Observations in River Thames (Proc ICE 1882) A New Dynamometer BA 1883 |
| Proposers | From Personal Knowledge: Fleeming Jenkin; G Carey Foster; Frederick Bramwell; T Hawksley; James H Cotterill; W H Barlow; J F La Trobe Bateman; Henry Bessemer; William Pole; W E Ayrton; J H Gladstone; Henry E Armstrong; W G Adams; P Martin Duncan; Herbert McLeod; F Guthrie |
| Extent | 1 sheet |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA6842 | Unwin; William Cawthorne (1838 - 1933) | 1838 - 1933 |