Definition of Sir James Dewar

1. Noun. Scottish chemist and physicist noted for his work in cryogenics and his invention of the Dewar flask (1842-1923).

Exact synonyms: Dewar
Generic synonyms: Chemist, Physicist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sir James Dewar

Sir Henry Percy
Sir Henry Rider Haggard
Sir Henry Wood
Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree
Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim
Sir Howard Walter Florey
Sir Humphrey Davy
Sir Humphrey Gilbert
Sir Isaac Newton
Sir Isaac Pitman
Sir Jack Hobbs
Sir Jacob Epstein
Sir James Augustus Henry Murray
Sir James Augustus Murray
Sir James Clark Ross
Sir James Dewar (current term)
Sir James George Frazer
Sir James Matthew Barrie
Sir James Murray
Sir James Paget
Sir James Paul McCartney
Sir James Young Simpson
Sir John Carew Eccles
Sir John Cockcroft
Sir John Cowdery Kendrew
Sir John Douglas Cockcroft
Sir John Everett Millais
Sir John Falstaff
Sir John Frederick William Herschel
Sir John Gielgud

Literary usage of Sir James Dewar

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1831)
"Sir James Dewar, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature at that Presidency. ... Col. D. Barr, and Sir Charles Malcolm. Sir James Dewar arrived in ..."

2. The Principles of Electric Wave Telegraphy by John Ambrose Fleming (1908)
"One of the substances examined with great care by Sir James Dewar and the author was ... Sir James Dewar long ago showed that this substance had remarkable ..."

3. The Principles of Electric Wave Telegraphy by John Ambrose Fleming (1908)
"One of the substances examined with great care by Sir James Dewar and the author was ... Sir James Dewar long ago showed that this substance had remarkable ..."

4. The Principles of Electric Wave Telegraphy and Telephony by John Ambrose Fleming (1916)
"One of the substances examined with great care by Sir James Dewar and the author was liquid oxygen. Sir James Dewar long ago showed ..."

5. The Principles of Electric Wave Telegraphy and Telephony by John Ambrose Fleming (1919)
"A more recent and very careful measurement of the susceptibility of liquid oxygen, made by an entirely different method by Sir James Dewar and the author, ..."

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