| RefNo | EC/1946/10 |
| Previous numbers | Cert XV, 128; A02709 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Gibb, Sir Claude Dixon: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Citation | Director General of armoured fighting vehicles, for Director General of Weapon Production, chief Engineer & Joint Managing Director of Messrs C A Parsons has brought with marked success scientific training and perception, inventive capacity & administrative skill to research, design & the organisation of production in three branches of mechanical engineering.
He has been responsible for notable improvements in steam turbines & ancillary apparatus by his own researches & inventions & those produced under the stimulus of his direction of the research and Design departments of Messrs C A Parsons.
His publications in this field attracted considerable attention.
His ingenious solution of technical difficulties in the development of weapons have been notable, but remain secret. |
| Proposers | From General Knowledge. David Pye; Eustace H T d'Enycourt; Charles Sykes; Edward V Appleton
From Personal Knowledge. H L Guy; Stanley S Cook; W A Stanier; Harry R Ricardo; Andrew Robertson; H Gough; J E Lennard-Jones; Nuffield |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA834 | Gibb; Sir; Claude Dixon (1898 - 1959) | 1898 - 1959 |