| RefNo | EC/1887/06 |
| Previous numbers | Cert XI, 121 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Ewing, Sir James Alfred: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Citation | Professor of Engineering, University College, Dundee. Author of papers contributed to the Royal Society treating of the Thermo-electric quality of metals; the Electric effect due to twisting Iron and Steel wire when magnetised; and various papers on the Magnetic Qualities of Iron and Steel, all of which have been published (see Proc Roy Soc, Nos 205, 210, 214, 216, 220, and the present volume of the Transactions ). Well known for his work in connection with the observation and recording of Earthquake Phenomena, having contributed numerous papers on this subject to the Seismological Society of Japan; is also joint author with the late Prof Fleeming Jenkin of several papers communicated to the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and published in the Transactions of that Society. Was for five years in Japan as Professor of Engineering, and has held his present chair (Dundee) for two and a-half years. |
| Proposers | From General Knowledge: John McKendrick; R Grant; D E Hughes; [Fredk Guthrie]
From Personal Knowledge: William Thomson; James Thomson; G Carey Foster; W Gryllo Adams; W E Ayrton; John Perry; W H Preece |
| Extent | 1 sheet |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8053 | Ewing; Sir; James Alfred (1855 - 1935); engineer and cryptographer | 1855 - 1935 |