1906 Iron and Steel Institute: Obituaries
From Graces Guide
Note: This is a sub-section of the 1906 Iron and Steel Institute
The 33 Obituaries in the 1906 proceedings
Volume 69. p269 (22 Obituaries)
- Josiah Timmis Smith
- David Dale
- George James Snelus
- Francis William Webb
- Charles Lowthian Bell
- Carl Wilhelm Bildt
- James MacLellan Blair
- Gwilym Evans
- Maurice Geny
- George King Harrison
- Sir Augustus Helder
- Adolf Ledebur
- Sir T. Acquin Martin
- Franz J. Muller
- William Edward Norbury
- William Nowell
- Henry Parry
- Henry James Taylor Piercy
- Henry Sharp
- Ezra Sykes
- Sir Charles Tennant
- Hadden W. Todd
Volume 70 (No Obituaries)
Volume 71 (No Obituaries)
Volume 72 p706 (11 Obituaries)
- John Devonshire Ellis
- Henri De Wendel
- James A. Burden
- Louis Cassier
- Ernest Farnworth
- David Henry Haggie
- Camille Mercader
- Richard Pink
- Sir Edward James Reed
- Hugh William Waddle
- Augustus Frederick Wiener
During the second half of 1905 the iron industry suffered serious losses by the deaths of eminent metallurgical authorities, who, though not members, took a constant interest in the work of the Iron and Steel Institute. The list includes -
- James Dredge, C.M.G., editor of Engineering, who, on the occasion of the New York meeting in 1890, unveiled a monument to A. L. Holley, Bessemer Gold Medallist;
- Sir Richard Tangye, the head of the engineering firm bearing his name;
- Sir Thomas Richardson, Past-President of the North-East Coast Institution of Engineers;
- Lord Masham, colliery owner, economist, and inventor of several mechanical devices;
- Professor P. Curie, the eminent French chemist;
- Dr. Sprengel, the inventor of the laboratory pump;
- August von Borries, the Prussian authority on railways;
- Carl von Siemens, of the German firm of Siemens & Halske;
- Fritz Baum, the inventor of a coal-washing machine;
- Eduard Blass, author of papers on flame-temperature and on water-gas;
- J. B. Lebacqz, the Belgian ironmaster;
- G. Cartaud, author of papers on metallography;
- J. P. Wetherill, inventor of the magnetic concentrator; and
- Dr. S. P. Langley of the Smithsonian Institute, Washington.
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