| RefNo | EC/1840/20 |
| Previous numbers | Cert IX, 19; A02870 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Grant, Sir Thomas Tassell: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Citation | Ths Tassell Grant Esqr. The Inventor of the Machinery [underlined] used for making Biscuit for the Navy, and of a condensed Fuel [underlined] for Steam Vessels, approved of & adopted by Government. Distinguished for his acquaintance with the science of applying mechanical powers to the uses of life. Eminent as an ingenious & successful Engineer, in having adapted machinery to the public Service of the Country, & thereby diminishing the expense of provisioning Her Majesty's Fleet, also in having devised (out of materials heretofore useless) a description of Fuel which will enable Steam Boats to keep the sea much longer than formerly. |
| Proposers | From General Knowledge. G Dollond; Richd Z Mudge; Thos F Colby; J Lee; Thomas Amyot; Mc I Brunel; F Beaufort; C W Pasley
From Personal Knowledge. Basil Hall; George Rennie; William Buckland; W H Smyth; G B Greenough; W Burnett; Peter Barlow; John Hall; William Edward Parry |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7597 | Grant; Sir; Thomas Tassell (1795 - 1859) | 1795 - 1859 |