William F. Barrett
Sir William Fletcher Barrett (born February 10, 1844 in Kingston , Jamaica , † May 26, 1925 in London ) was an English physicist .
He was born in Jamaica because his father, William Garland Barrett, was an amateur naturalist there. In 1848 the family returned to England.
He discovered Stalloy , a silicon-iron alloy used in electrical engineering. He has also done research on the dowsing rod . In addition, he used gas flames to demonstrate the existence of sound waves that cannot be registered by the human ear. Barrett was Professor of Physics at Dublin University .
In 1874 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh . In 1899 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society of London .
Web links
- Barrett, Sir William F. , Michael Tymn's short biography in Spiritualist Resources
- Literature by and about William F. Barrett in the WorldCat bibliographic database
Footnotes
- ↑ Singing flames. In: The Gazebo. Issue 43, 1877, p. 732. Full text at Wikisource
- ^ Biographical Index: Former RSE Fellows 1783–2002. Royal Society of Edinburgh, accessed October 8, 2019 .
- ↑ entry on Barrett; Sir ;, William Fletcher (1844-1925) in the Archives of the Royal Society , London
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Barrett, William F. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Barrett, William Fletcher (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 10, 1844 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kingston , Jamaica |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 26, 1925 |
| Place of death | London |