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Authorised form of nameWalker; Charles Vincent (1812 - 1882)
Dates1812 - 1882
Date of birth1812
Place of deathAt his residence, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Date of death24 December 1882
OccupationEngineer
ActivityCareer:
Telegraph Engineer
Memberships:
FRMS (President 1869-1870)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election07/06/1855
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/57007023
CodeNA3784
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1855/12Walker, Charles Vincent: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/Maull/004762Walker, Charles Vincentnd
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/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/4/139Referee's report by Charles Vincent Walker, on a paper 'On the insulating properties of gutta percha' by Henry Charles Fleeming Jenkin12 July 1860
RR/4/274Referee's report by George Biddell Airy, on a paper 'On magnetic storms and earth-currents' by Charles Vincent Walker21 March 1861
RR/4/277Referee's report by John Tyndall, on a paper 'On magnetic calms and earth-currents' by Charles Vincent Walker15 March 1862
PT/63/7Paper, 'Magnetic storms and earth currents' by Charles V [Vincent] Walker29 January 1861
PT/64/8/2Plate, arrangement of miniature observatory by [Charles Vincent Walker]1 February 1862
PT/64/8/1Manuscript, 'On magnetic calms and earth currents' by Charles V [Vincent] Walker1 February 1862
PT/64/8Paper, 'On magnetic calms and earth currents' by Charles V [Vincent] Walker1 February 1862
MC/10/321Letter from Charles V [Vincent] Walker, Fernside, Red Hill, to Professor [George Gabriel] Stokes, [Secretary of the Royal Society]17 December 1875
MC/10Volume 10 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal SocietyJuly 1873-1876
RR/4/275Referee's report by Humphrey Lloyd, on a paper 'On magnetic storms and earth-currents' by Charles Vincent Walker15 April 1861
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
AP/39/20/4Unpublished diagrams, circuit of train signalling system by Charles Walker9 March 1857
AP/39/20Unpublished paper, 'A system of train-signalling, by which also disabled trains may telegraph for assistance without the aid of portable apparatus' by Charles Walker9 March 1857
AP/39/20/1Unpublished manuscript, 'A system of train-signalling, by which also disabled trains may telegraph for assistance without the aid of portable apparatus' by Charles Walker9 March 1857
RR/4/276Referee's report by George Biddell Airy, on a paper 'On magnetic calms and earth-currents' by Charles Vincent Walker5 April 1862
MC/14/59Letter from Warren de la Rue, Portland Place, to [Thomas Henry] Huxley1 July 1885
MC/14Volume 14 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1885-1888
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