| RefNo | EC/1864/16 |
| Previous numbers | Cert X, 66 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Wood, Nicholas: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Citation | The Author of a work on Rail-roads, 1st edn 1825, 2nd edn 1831, 3rd edn 1838. Articles in the local publications on Safety Lamps for Coal Mines, commencing in 1815. Papers on the Geology of Durham and Northumberland, in the Nat Hist Trans Newcastle, vol I & II, 1830, 1831. Elaborate investigations of the comparative efficiency of the Furnace and the Steam Jet for colliery ventilation, and many other Papers in the Trans of the Northn Inst of Mining Engineers 1852-1861. Distinguished for his acquaintance with the science of Geology and Civil Engineering. Eminent as an Engineer and Colliery Viewer, and as having carried the Ventilation of Coal Mines to the highest known degree of efficiency. |
| Proposers | From General Knowledge. G B Airy; Charles Vignoles; J Beete Jukes; E W Brayley
From Personal Knowledge. John Hawkshaw; Charles Manby; Thomas Webster; William Tite; Js Walker; George Witt; John Percy; Thos Sopwith; John Rennie; Peter W Barlow; George Rennie; Rod I Murchison; John Phillips; Warington W Smyth; Robert Hunt; D T Ansted; |
| Extent | 1 sheet |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA1270 | Wood; Nicholas (1795 - 1865) | 1795 - 1865 |