Bindon Blood Stoney
Bindon Blood Stoney (born June 13, 1828 in Oakley Park , County Offaly , † May 5, 1909 in Dublin ) was an Irish engineer .
Stoney attended Trinity College in Dublin and was afterwards like his brother George assistant at the observatory of Lord Rosse in Birr Castle . In 1853 he was an engineer for the Boyne Viaduct under James Barton . In 1856 he was assistant engineer, then from 1859 executive engineer and finally from 1867 chief engineer for the port of Dublin.
He constructed the quay wall on the Liffey , which made a deep water harbor possible in Dublin . He constructed the Grattan Bridge , the O'Connell Bridge and the Butt Bridge . He invented a diving bell made of precast concrete.
Stoney received the Telford Medal in 1874 for documenting his work on the northern quays. On June 2, 1881 he became a member of the Royal Society .
Stoney married Susannah Frances Walker on October 7, 1879. They had four children. He was buried in Mount Jerome Cemetery . His brother was the physicist George Johnstone Stoney , known for postulating the electron as the fundamental unit of electricity . He was the uncle of another Irish physicist, George Francis FitzGerald , the son of his sister Anne Frances. His niece was Edith Anne Stoney (1869–1938), a pioneer in medical physics .
Web links
- Bindon Blood Stoney (1828-1909). Ask about Ireland, accessed September 19, 2015 .
- THE DOCKLANDS - BINDON BLOOD STONEY (1828-1909). Turtle Bunbury, accessed September 19, 2015 .
- Wolfgang Steinicke: Bindon Blood Stoney. Retrieved September 19, 2015 .
- Courtney Seligman: The Discoverers of the NGC / IC Objects. Retrieved September 19, 2015 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ STONEY, BINDON BLOOD. Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720-1940, accessed September 19, 2015 .
- ^ The Dublin Port Diving Bell. (No longer available online.) National Maritime Museum of Ireland , archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on September 19, 2015 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stoney, Bindon Blood |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish astronomer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 13, 1828 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oakley Park |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 5, 1909 |
| Place of death | Dublin |