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Osborne Reynolds
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Dr. Osborna Reynolds, forty-four years Professor of Engineering at Manchester University, died yesterday at Watchet, Somerset.
Born in Belfast in 1842, Dr. Reynolds was educated at Dedham Grammar School, afterwards proceeding to Queens' College, Cambridge, and graduated as Seventh Wrangler in 1867. He was elected a Fellow, and afterwards an honorary Fellow, of his college. For nearly 40 years he occupied the Chair of Engineering at Owens College. In 1877 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society, and in 1883-4 he served as a member of the Council. In 1887 he became a sectional president of the British Association, and in the following year received a gold medal from the Royal Society. He was LL.D. of Glasgow.
He wrote more than 70 papers on mechanics and physics, among which "The Laws of Resistance in Parallel Channels," "Theory of Lubrication," and "Flow of Gases" are familiar to all engineers. His work "Sub-Mechanics of the Universe," a volume printed and circulated by the Royal Society, is one of the most remarkable scientific works of the 19th century. Dr. Reynolds organized and arranged the Whitworth laboratories of Owens College, Manchester, and not only made them famous throughout the world but also a model for other European schools of research.
Dr. Osborna Reynolds, forty-four years Professor of Engineering at Manchester University, died yesterday at Watchet, Somerset.
Born in Belfast in 1842, Dr. Reynolds was educated at Dedham Grammar School, afterwards proceeding to Queens' College, Cambridge, and graduated as Seventh Wrangler in 1867. He was elected a Fellow, and afterwards an honorary Fellow, of his college. For nearly 40 years he occupied the Chair of Engineering at Owens College. In 1877 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society, and in 1883-4 he served as a member of the Council. In 1887 he became a sectional president of the British Association, and in the following year received a gold medal from the Royal Society. He was LL.D. of Glasgow.
He wrote more than 70 papers on mechanics and physics, among which "The Laws of Resistance in Parallel Channels," "Theory of Lubrication," and "Flow of Gases" are familiar to all engineers. His work "Sub-Mechanics of the Universe," a volume printed and circulated by the Royal Society, is one of the most remarkable scientific works of the 19th century. Dr. Reynolds organized and arranged the Whitworth laboratories of Owens College, Manchester, and not only made them famous throughout the world but also a model for other European schools of research.
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