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Authorised form of nameThomson; James (1822 - 1892)
Dates1822 - 1892
NationalityBritish
Place of birthBelfast
Date of birth16 February 1822
Date of death08 May 1892
OccupationEngineer
ActivityEducation:
Glasgow University. MA (1839), LLD, DSc
Career:
Worked as an engineer in Belfast; Professor of Civil Engineering, Queen's College, Belfast (1857-1873); Professor of Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Glasgow (1873-1889); resigned due to failing eyesight; died of pneumonia
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election07/06/1877
RSActivityLectures:
Bakerian 1892
RelationshipsSon of James Thomson; brother of William Thomson, Baron Kelvin of Largs (FRS 1851)
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
J S Rowlinson, 'The work of Thomas Andrews and James Thomson on the liquefaction of gases' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 143-159
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1893 vol 53 pp i-x signed by J T B
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/100217796
CodeNA6472
Archives associated with this Fellow
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NLB/6/171Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor James Thomson, Fellow of the Royal Society16 March 1892
NLB/6/156Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor James Thomson, Fellow of the Royal Society14 March 1892
NLB/6/624Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Lord Kelvin [William Thomson], Fellow of the Royal Society14 June 1892
NLB/6/674Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Mr Collings, 172 Strand24 June 1892
NLB/6/973Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to James Thomson, 22 Grove Street, Newcastle on Tyne27 September 1892
NLB/7/201Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to James Thomson, 22 Wentworth Place, Newcastle on Tyne20 December 1892
NLB/7/912Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to James Thomson, 22 Wentworth Place, Newcastle on Tyne25 May 1893
RR/8/172Referee's report by James Thomson, on a paper 'On the determination of the rate of vibration of tuning-forks' by Herbert McLeod and George Sydenham Clarke5 November 1879
MC/11/262Letter from James Thomson, Oakfield House, University Avenue, Glasgow, to Walter White, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society]1 November 1878
RR/10/60Referee's report by James Thomson, on a paper 'Note on some experiments on the viscosity of ice' by J F Main10 June 1887
RR/9/348Referee's report by James Thomson, on a paper 'Notes upon the straining of ships caused by rolling' by Francis Elgar23 June 1886
EC/1877/18Thomson, James: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MC/9Volume 9 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1870-June 1873
MC/10/368Letter from James Thomson, Ashfield House, University Avenue, Glasgow, to Professor [George Gabriel] Stokes, [Secretary of the Royal Society]13 March 1876
MC/10Volume 10 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal SocietyJuly 1873-1876
MC/11/83Letter from James Thomson, East Knowe, Brodick, Arran, to Professor [George Gabriel] Stokes, [Secretary of the Royal Society]19 June 1877
MC/11Volume 11 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1877-1879
AP/40/16Letter, regarding the physical properties of ice from William Thomson to [George Gabriel] Stokes21 January 1858
AP/39/26Paper, 'On the plasticity of ice, as manifested in glaciers' by James Thomson30 March 1857
AP/57/1/1Unpublished manuscript, 'On the origin and mechanism of production of the prismatic or columnar structure of basalt' by Robert Mallet1874
PP/17/23/2Diagrams, experimental equipment and observations by James C McConnel1891
PP/17/23Paper, 'On the plasticity of an ice crystal' by McConnel1891
PP/17/23/1Manuscript, 'On the plasticity of an ice crystal' by James C McConnel1891
PP/20/6/1Manuscript, 'On certain appearances of beams of light, seen as if emanating from candle or lamp flames' by James Thomson1892
PP/20/6/2Diagram, 'On certain appearances of beams of light, seen as if emanating from candle or lamp flames' by James Thomson1892
PP/20/6Paper, 'On certain appearances of beams of light, seen as if emanating from candle or lamp flames' by James Thomson1892
PP/8/27Paper, 'On the working of the harmonic analyser at the meteorological office' by Robert Henry Scott and Richard H Curtis1886
PP/8/27/1Manuscript, 'On the working of the harmonic analyser at the meteorological office' by Robert Henry Scott and Richard H Curtis1886
AP/57/1Unpublished paper, 'On the origin and mechanism of production of the prismatic or columnar structure of basalt' by Robert Mallet1874
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