Sir James Dewar
| Noun | 1. | Sir James Dewar - Scottish chemist and physicist noted for his work in cryogenics and his invention of the Dewar flask (1842-1923) |
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| 释义 | Sir James Dewar
Sir James DewarDewar, Sir James(dyo͞o`ər), 1842–1923, British chemist and physicist, b. Scotland. He was professor of chemistry (from 1877) at the Royal Institution, London, and later was director of the Davy-Faraday Research Laboratory there. He is best known for his work on the properties of matter at very low temperatures (approaching absolute zero) and the liquefaction of gases, in the course of which he invented the Dewar flask and liquefied (1898) and solidified (1899) hydrogen. With Sir Frederick Abel he invented the smokeless explosive cordite. He was knighted in 1904.BibliographySee his Collected Papers (2 vol., 1927). Sir James Dewar
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