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Sir James Alfred Ewing KCB FRS FRSE DL MInstitCE (27 March 1855 − 7 January 1935) was a Scottish physicist and engineer, best known for his work on the magnetic properties of metals and, in particular, for his discovery of, and coinage of the word, hysteresis.
Sir Alfred Ewing (born March 27, 1855, Dundee, Angus, Scotland—died January 7, 1935, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England) was a British physicist who discovered and named hysteresis, the resistance of magnetic materials to change in magnetic force.
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Sir James Alfred Ewing KCB lived from 27 March 1855 to 7 January 1935. He was an eminent physicist, engineer and academic who is remembered primarily for his work on the magnetic properties of metals. The wider picture in Scotland at the time is set out in our Historical Timeline.
Alfred Cyril Ewing FBA ( / ˈjuːɪŋ /; 11 May 1899 – 14 May 1973), was an English philosopher who spent most of his career at the University of Cambridge. He was a prolific writer who made contributions to Kant scholarship, metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and the philosophy of religion.
Ewing's main contributions to science were the discovery of hysteresis and the investigation of metals that have been streched. He discovered 'slip-bands', microscopic disruptions in the crystalline makeup of iron that has been streched beyond its elastic limit.
Sir James Alfred Ewing (1855-1935) served as head of the Royal Navy's intelligence department 'Room 40' from 1914-17.
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Sir Alfred Ewing, in full Sir James Alfred Ewing (born March 27, 1855, Dundee, Angus, Scotland—died January 7, 1935, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England), British physicist who discovered and named hysteresis, the resistance of magnetic materials to change in magnetic force.
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