Dewar
['dju:ə]
Definition
(noun.) Scottish chemist and physicist noted for his work in cryogenics and his invention of the Dewar flask (1842-1923).
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Examples
- At No. 8 is illustrated the preservation of liquid air by surrounding it with a vacuum in a Dewar bulb. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Prominent among those who have contributed to this art are the names of Turpin, Abel and Dewar, Nobel, Maxim, Munroe, Du Pont, Bernadou and others. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Dewar produced the first ounce of liquid air at a cost of $3,000, but that now Mr. Tripler claims that he can produce it by his apparatus for five cents a gallon. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In 1883 Dewar, Wroblewski and Olszewski commenced operations in this field, and greatly advanced the study of this subject. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Cordite (Smokeless Powder) produced by Abel and Dewar. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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