Ewing, James Alfred (1855 - 1935)

Scottish physicist and engineer

Ewing was a Scottish physicist and engineer who, in particular, has explored the magnetic properties of metals and helped to shape the concept of hysteresis.

variant spelling:
Ewing, James Alfred

Curriculum vitae

* 27.03.1855	Dundee, Schottland	born
1878 - 1883	Tokio	Professor of Engineering Mechanics
1883 - 1890	Dundee, Schottland
1890	Cambridge	Appointed Professor of Applied Mechanics
1903		Appointment as director of the naval training of the Admiralty
1916 - 1929	Edinburgh	Vice Chancellor
1929		Retirement
† 07.01.1935		died

Collections

Industrialisation, ca. 1850-1920

Literature

	Grundlagen der Theorie und des Baues der Wärmekraftmaschinen ; zugleich autorisierte, erweiterte deutsche Ausgabe des Werkes "The steam-engine and other heat-engines" von J. A. Ewing Author: Musil, Alfred Published: 1902
	The steam-engine and other heat-engines Author: Ewing, James Alfred Published: 1894

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Ewing, James Alfred (1855 - 1935)