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Sir James Alfred Ewing KCB FRS FRSE DL [1] 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 James Alfred Ewing (1855-1935) served as head of the Royal Navy's intelligence department 'Room 40' from 1914-17.
First published in 1926, as the fourth edition of an 1894 original, this book was written by Ewing 'to present the subject of heat-engines, in their mechanical as well as their thermodynamical...
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. Notable Publications. Treatise on Earthquake Management ( 1883)
Professor Sir James Alfred Ewing (1855-1935) Professor of Mechanism and Applied Mechanics, 1890-1903. Ewing was born in Dundee, the youngest of three sons of the minister of St Andrew's Free Church.
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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.
