John Appold

John Appold

John George Appold, FRS [ [http://www.biocrawler.com/encyclopedia/Biocrawler:Fellows_of_the_Royal_Society/A Fellows of the Royal Society] ] (born on 14 April 1800; died on 31 August 1865), fur dyer and engineer, was a pioneer of the centrifugal pump: he introduced the curved vane, which he demonstrated at the Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace in 1851 [ [http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/broadway/1211/id20.htm Centrifugal impeller] ] .

His design for a braking mechanism for laying ocean telegraph cables was incorporated in the first Transatlantic cable laid in 1857.He is commemorated with a memorial tablet inside St Leonard's, Shoreditch and buried at West Norwood Cemetery.

References

Other references

* [http://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/results.asp?
]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Centrifugal pump — Warman centrifugal pump in a coal preparation plant application A centrifugal pump is a rotodynamic pump that uses a rotating impeller to create flow by the addition of energy to a fluid. Centrifugal pumps are commonly used to move liquids… …   Wikipedia

  • Shenandoah Valley Railroad (N&W) — Shenandoah Valley Railroad was a line completed on June 19, 1882 extending up the Shenandoah Valley from Hagerstown, Maryland USA through the West Virginia panhandle into Virginia to reach Roanoke, Virginia and a connection with the Norfolk and… …   Wikipedia

  • London — Die Buchstaben und Zahlen zwischen den Linien | H6 | bezeichnen die Quadrate des Planes. Abbeyfield RoadH6 Abbey RoadA1, 2 – StreetG2, 3; G5 Abercorn PlaceA2 Acacia RoadAB1, 2 AchillesB5 Acton StreetDE2 Adam StreetH5 Addington SquareF7 Adelaide… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Duncan Campbell, 1st Lord Campbell — A 16th or 17th century illustration from The Black Book of Taymouth shows Duncan flanked by two of his descendants. On Duncan s right stands his grandson Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll, here wrongly called Archibald, and on his left is his… …   Wikipedia

  • Duncan Campbell, 1. Lord Campbell — von links nach rechts: sein Sohn Colin of Glenorchy, Duncan Campbell, 1. Lord Campbell und der Enkel Colin Campbell, 1. Earl of Argyll, Illustration aus dem The Black Book of Taymouth, 16. Jahrhundert Duncan Campbell, 1. Lord Campbell gälisch… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics — NACA redirects here. For other uses, see NACA (disambiguation). National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NACA The official seal of NACA, depicting the Wright brothers first flight at Kitty Hawk …   Wikipedia

  • St Leonard's, Shoreditch — Infobox church name = St. Leonard s, Shoreditch fullname = color = imagesize = caption = 18th century print of St. Leonard s landscape = denomination = Church of England diocese = London parish = division = subdivision = founded date = founder =… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”