Browse by Subject
Abbreviations
Actors
Aircraft
Architecture
Computer Viruses
Costume
Dictionary
Food & Drink
Gazetteer
General Information
Heraldry
Language
Latin
Medicine
Money
Movies
Music
Mythology
Nature
People
Recreation
Rocks & Minerals
SciTech
Shakespeare
Ships
Slang
Warfare

Downloads
e-Books

The Probert Encyclopaedia of People

JAMES DEWAR

Picture of James Dewar

Sir James Dewar was a British chemist and physicist. He was born in 1842 and died in 1923. Together with Frederick Abel he had a part in the invention of cordite but he is chiefly remembered for his work with the liquefaction of gasses and researches on the electrical and other properties of matter at low temperatures. In 1898 he liquefied hydrogen. He became president of the British Association in 1902 and was knighted in 1914.
Research James Dewar

 
 
Home  Publishers  Quiz  Products  FAQ  Privacy Policy  Add URL Contact  Site Map