| RefNo | EC/1894/10 |
| Previous numbers | Cert XI, 260 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Froude, Robert Edmund: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Citation | Superintendent of the Experimental Works. Associate Member of Council, Institution of Naval Architects. Distinguished for original mathematical and experimental investigations which have greatly advanced knowledge of (a) the resistance offered by water to the movements of ships; (b) the forms of ships tending to diminish resistance; (c) the efficiency of propellers. In these departments of enquiry, he for many years assisted his father, the late Mr W Froude, FRS. Since 1878 he has worked independently, and been in full charge of the Admiralty Experimental Works, first at Torquay and then at Haslar. The existing establishment, with its novel mechanical arrangements for experimenting with models of ships and propellers, was designed by him. His advice has been sought and given in organising similar establishments in this country and aboard. His mathematical and experimental work has had great and beneficial influence on ship-designing, primarily for the Royal Navy, but also for the mercantile marine. Under his direction the system of model experiments has been greatly extended, enabling naval architects to proceed with greater certainty in dealing with problems of propulsion, and effecting large economies of engine power in steamships. He has published many original papers on these special subjects, most of them appear in the Transactions of the Institution of Naval Architects. Among these the principal papers are: 'The Leading Phenomena of Wave-making Rsistancee' (1881); 'Screw Propellers and their Efficiency' (1883 and 1886); 'Theory of the Screw Propeller' (1889 and 1892). |
| Proposers | From General Knowledge: W J L Wharton; B Baker; W Pole
From Personal Knowledge: W H White; A Noble; Armstrong; E J Reed; Ettrick W Creak; James H Cotterill; John I Thornycroft; Frederick Bramwell; Douglas Galton; Alexr B W Kennedy |
| Extent | 1 sheet |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA6357 | Froude; Robert Edmund (1846 - 1924); engineer, hydrodynamicist, and naval architect | 1846 - 1924 |