Thomas Andrews
| Thomas Andrews | |
|---|---|
| Born | 9 December 1813 Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Died | 26 November 1885 (aged 71) Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Institutions | Queen's University, Belfast |
| Alma mater | University of Glasgow Trinity College, Dublin University of Edinburgh |
| Known for | critical point |
| Notable awards | Royal Medal (1844) |
Thomas Andrews (9 December 1813 – 26 November 1885) was a British chemist and physicist, best known for his discovery of the critical point of carbon dioxide.[1]
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References
- ↑ Andrews, Thomas. In Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.; University Press: Cambridge, 1911; Vol. 1, p 974, <http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Andrews%2C_Thomas>.
Further reading
- The Scientific Papers of the Late Thomas Andrews; Tait, Peter Guthrie; Crum Brown, Alexander, Eds.; Macmillan: London, 1889.
- Scott, E. L. Andrews, Thomas. In Dictionary of Scientific Biography; Scribner: New York, 1970; Vol. 1, pp 160–61. ISBN 0684169622.
Selected writings
- Andrews, Thomas On the Continuity of the Gaseous and Liquid States of Matter. Philos. Trans. R. Soc. London 1869, 159, 575–90.
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