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RefNoEC/1873/08
Previous numbersCert X, 211
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TitleCalver, Edward Killwick: certificate of election to the Royal Society
CitationCommander of HMS Porcupine in the Expeditions to the North Atlantic and Mediterranean, for the Scientific Exploration of the Deep Sea, promoted by the Royal Society in 1869 and 1870.
Eminent for his practical application of Physical Laws in the projecting of Harbours and the improvement of Rivers.
Author of Reports to various Departments of Government, upon the foregoing subjects; and of two Treatises relating to them: "The Conservation and Improvement of Tidal Rivers" and the "Wave Screen"
ProposersFrom Personal Knowledge. Geo Henry Richards; W H Hall; John Rennie; Fredk Jno Evans; William B Carpenter; J Gwyn Jeffreys; Thomas Andrews; Wyville Thomson; Astley Cooper Key; Charles Vignoles; Geo Busk; T Spratt; Robt McAndrew; J F Bateman; Thomas Webster
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Calver, Edward Killwick: certificate of election to the Royal Society

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NA1619Calver; Edward Killwick (1813 - 1892)1813 - 1892
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