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RefNoEC/1857/15
Previous numbersCert IX, 400; A55871
LevelItem
TitleWhitworth, Sir Joseph: certificate of election to the Royal Society
CitationJoseph Whitworth C E. The Author of Several papers on Mechanics, Screws, True planes, End measure, & report on American machinery, 1853, &c. &c. &c. The Inventor or Improver of various machines & tools for the manufacture of machinery, &c &c. Distinguished for his acquaintance with the science of Mechanics. Eminent as a Mechanician and Engineer.
ProposersFrom General Knowledge. R D Thomson; George Rennie; James Booth; Chas Brooke; E W Brayley
From Personal Knowledge. W Cubitt Knt; Thos Sopwith; James Glaisher; Charles May; George Rennie; John Hawkshaw; Charles Manby; Charles Wheatstone; Warren De la Rue; Thomas Webster; G B Airy; J George Appold
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Whitworth, Sir Joseph: certificate of election to the Royal Society

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CodePersonNameDates
NA2851Whitworth; Sir; Joseph (1803 - 1887)1803 - 1887
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