Hugh Longbourne Callendar
Hugh Longbourne Callendar (born April 18, 1863 in Hatherop , Cotswolds , † January 21, 1930 ) was a British physicist .
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In 1893 Hugh Callendar was professor at McGill University in Montreal, in 1898 back in England at the Royal College of Science in South Kensington and from 1907 at Imperial College London .
He made significant contributions to thermometry , calorimetry and the thermodynamic properties of steam . In 1886 he described a precise thermometer based on the resistivity of platinum . He later developed an electric flow calorimeter.
His son, Guy Stewart Callendar , became an engineer and inventor. After his father's death, he tried to continue his work and researched the enthalpy of steam. From 1938 on, Guy Stewart Callendar published several articles on global warming based on the work of Svante Arrhenius and Nils Gustaf Ekholm .
Callendar was since June 7, 1894 Fellow of the Royal Society , which honored him in 1906 with the Rumford Medal . In 1912 he gave the Bakerian Lecture .
Fonts (selection)
- On the Practical Measurement of Temperature: Experiments made at the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge: Communicated by JJ Thomson
- A manual of cursive shorthand . 1889.
- Properties of steam and thermodynamic theory of turbines . 1920.
- Abridged Callendar Steam Tables, centigrade units . around 1928.
Web links
- Entry to Callendar; Hugh Longbourne (1863-1930) in the Royal Society Archives , London
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Callendar, Hugh Longbourne |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 18, 1863 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hatherop |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 21, 1930 |