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Authorised form of nameWalker; Charles Vincent (1812 - 1882)
SurnameWalker
ForenamesCharles Vincent
Dates1812 - 1882
Dates and placesBirth:
1812
Death:
At his residence, Tunbridge Wells, Kent (24 December 1882)
ActivityProfession:
Engineer
Career:
Telegraph Engineer
Memberships:
FRMS (President 1869-1870)
Royal Society activityMembership:
Fellow
Election Date:
7/06/1855
SourcesSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Royal Society codeNA3784
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
EC/1855/12Walker, Charles Vincent: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/Maull/004762Walker, Charles Vincentnd
AP/39/20A System of Train-Signalling, by Which Also Disabled Trains May Telegraph for Assistance without the Aid of Portable Apparatus9 March 1857
RR/3/273Referee's report by William Henry Barlow, on a paper 'A system of train-signalling, by which also disabled trains may telegraph for assistance without the aid of portable apparatus' by Charles Vincent Walker9 July 1857
RR/3/272Referee's report by Charles Wheatstone, on a paper 'A system of train-signalling, by which also disabled trains may telegraph for assistance without the aid of portable apparatus' by Charles Vincent Walker19 June 1857
RR/4/275Referee's report by Humphrey Lloyd, on a paper 'On magnetic storms and earth-currents' by Charles Vincent Walker15 April 1861
RR/4/277Referee's report by John Tyndall, on a paper 'On magnetic calms and earth-currents' by Charles Vincent Walker15 March 1862
RR/4/141Letter from Charles Vincent Walker, on a paper 'On the insulating properties of gutta percha' by Henry Charles Fleeming Jenkin20 June 1860
RR/4/139Referee's report by Charles Vincent Walker, on a paper 'On the insulating properties of gutta percha' by Henry Charles Fleeming Jenkin12 July 1860
RR/4/276Referee's report by George Biddell Airy, on a paper 'On magnetic calms and earth-currents' by Charles Vincent Walker5 April 1862
RR/4/274Referee's report by George Biddell Airy, on a paper 'On magnetic storms and earth-currents' by Charles Vincent Walker21 March 1861
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