| Reference number | EC/1929/13 |
| Previous numbers | Cert XIV, 76; A06001 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Ricardo, Sir Harry Ralph: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Description | Citation typed |
| Citation | Has investigated fuels, liquid and gaseous as affecting performance of high speed Internal Combustion Engines, for which he invented variable compression engines. Applied discoveries to motor, aero and tank engines. Awarded: 1916 Gold Medal North East Coast Institution of Engineers; 1921 Silver Medal, Royal Aeronautical Society; 1927 Crompton Medal, Institution of Automobile Engineers; 1927 Lanchester Medal for Researches on Motors. Papers: 1916, 'High Speed Internal Combustion Engines'; 1921, 'Development in Aircraft Engines'; 1919, 'The 150 hp Ricardo Tank Engine'; 1923, 'Thermo-dynamics of Aircraft Engines'; 1928, 'Mechanical Design and Detonation.' Author: 'The Internal Combustion Engine,' 2 vols; 'Engines of High Output.' His work is most important in science and practice. |
| Proposers | Dugald Clerk; Charles A Parsons; A A C Swinton; A G Hadcock; E G Coker; H T Tizard; Robert Robertson; W E Dalby; R T Glazebrook; F E Smith; T H Holland; R Threlfall; Arthur Smithells; W H Eccles |
| Access status | Open |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA704 | Ricardo; Sir; Harry Ralph (1885 - 1974) | 1885 - 1974 |