Born Edinburgh. Physicist. Worked in thermodynamics. Never married but was musical and wrote humorous songs.
Died Glasgow.
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William Rankine
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Skempton Building plaques
2018: Eamonn Doyle has written to correct our "east to west", saying that the...
Other Subjects
2 memorials
Great Eastern Street
Constructed 1872-6 by The Metropolitan Board of Works. Opened in 1876. Improved in 1880-2.
1 memorial
Institution of Gas Engineers and Managers
A British professional engineering institution licenced by the Engineering Council UK to assess candidates for inclusion on ECUK's Register of professional Engineers and Technicians.
1 memorial
Frederick Winsor
Gas engineer. Born Friedrich Albrecht Winzer (Anglicised as Frederick Albert Winsor) in Brunswick, Germany. He studied the technology of gas street lighting in Paris. In London he founded the Gas L...
1 memorial
Sir Marc Isambard Brunel
Civil Engineer, born Hacqueville, Normandy, France. Educated in France, but forced to flee to the United States after publicly predicting the demise of Robespierre. He submitted a design for the Ca...
6 memorials
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