Person
Boys, Charles Vernon (1855 - 1944)
FRS
- Born
- 15 March 1855
Wing, Rutland, England - Died
- 30 March 1944
- Occupation
- Physicist
Summary
Sir Charles Boys published on integrating mechanisms, quartz fibres, radio- micrometer, heat of moon and stars, constant of gravitation, solid dipleidoscope prisms, gas calorimetry and the speed of lightning.
Details
Born Wing, Rutland, 15 March 1855. Died Andover, England, 30 March 1944. Kt 1935. Educated Royal School of Mines, Cambridge. Invented moving lens lightning camera 1900; designed improved torsion balance 1895; invented radio-micrometer, with which he could measure heat radiation from moon and planets; proved that temperature of Jupiter's surface is less than 100 degrees centigrade; recommended use of quartz fibres (rather than silk) for delicate suspension instruments; designed calorimeter to measure thermal power of coal gas.
Archival resources
Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science
- Charles Vernon Boys - Records, 1894, MS 041; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- Smith, Ailie, Adolph Basser Library Manuscript Collection, eScholarship Research Centre, 2012, http://www.eoas.info/basser_browse.html. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1063791. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/18004298. Details
- 'Boys, C V (1855-1944)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-977783. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 12 February 2018
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