Harry Egerton Eyelashes
Harry Egerton Wimperis (born August 27, 1876 in London , † July 16, 1960 in Edinburgh , Scotland) was an English scientist and inventor.
He invented the Wimperis accelerometer , the Gyroturn display and a bomb sight for aircraft.
Between 1915 and 1925 he served as an experimental officer in the Royal Navy Air Service , the Royal Air Force and the Air Ministry Laboratories. In 1925 he became director of scientific research at the Ministry of Aviation.
In 1938 he became an aeronautical advisor to the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research of the Commonwealth of Australia .
From 1936 to 1938 he was President of the Royal Aeronautical Society and in 1939 of the Engineering Section of the British Association . From 1946 to 1950 he was a member of the Atomic Energy Study Group at Chatham House . He had three daughters with his wife, Grace d'Avray, a daughter of Sir George Parkin.
Publications
- Physics in industry
- The Principles of the Application of Power to Road Transport. 1927
- The internal combustion engine
- Aviation. 1909
- Defeating the bomber. 1945
- A primer of the internal combustion engine. 1941
- The principles of the application of power to road transport. 1944
- World power and atomic energy. 1913
- A primer of air navigation. 1946
Web links
- Literature by and about Harry Egerton Wimperis in the bibliographic database WorldCat
supporting documents
- ↑ http://ourmaritimeties.com/tng/getperson.php?personID=I16353&tree=Arthur
- ↑ http://invention.smithsonian.org/resources/MIND_Repository_Details.aspx?rep_id=1916
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wimperis, Harry Egerton |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English scientist and inventor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 27, 1876 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 16, 1960 |
| Place of death | Edinburgh |