Frederick John Owen Evans
1815 - 1885
- Born
-
09 or 25 March 1815
- Died
-
20 December 1885
His residence, 21 Dawson Place, Pembridge Square, London
- Gender
- Male
- Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 05/06/1862
- Catalogue
- View catalogue entry
- Wikipedia
- View wikipedia entry
Author of
-
Paper, 'Reduction and discussion of the deviations of the compass observed on board of all the iron built ships, and a selection of the wood built steam ships in H M [Her Majesty's] Navy; and the iron steam ship Great Eastern: being a report to the hydrographer of the Admiralty' by Frederick J [John Owen] Evans
Creator: Frederick John Owen Evans Reference number: PT/61/5 -
Paper, 'On the effect produced on the deviations of the compass by the length and arrangement of the compass needles and on a new mode of correcting the quadrantal deviation' by Archibald Smith and Frederick John [Owen] Evans
Creator: Archibald Smith, Frederick John Owen Evans Reference number: PT/63/9 -
Illustrations and tables, from 'On the magnetic character of the armour-plated ships of the Royal Navy, and on the effect on the compass of particular arrangements of iron in a ship' by Frederick John Owen Evans and Archibald Smith
Creator: Frederick John Owen Evans, Archibald Smith Reference number: PT/72/4 -
Letter from George Biddell Airy, on a paper 'Reduction and discussion of the deviations of the compass observed on board of all the iron-built ships, and a selection of the wood-built steam-ships in Her Majesty's Navy, and the iron steam-ship 'Great Eastern'' by Frederick John Evans
Creator: George Biddell Airy Reference number: RR/4/82 -
Referee's report by George Biddell Airy, on a paper 'Reduction and discussion of the deviations of the compass observed on board of all the iron-built ships, and a selection of the wood-built steam-ships in Her Majesty's Navy, and the iron steam-ship 'Great Eastern'' by Frederick John Evans
Creator: George Biddell Airy Reference number: RR/4/83 -
Referee's report by Archibald Smith, on a paper 'Reduction and discussion of the deviations of the compass observed on board of all the iron-built ships, and a selection of the wood-built steam-ships in Her Majesty's Navy, and the iron steam-ship 'Great Eastern'' by Frederick John Evans
Creator: Archibald Smith Reference number: RR/4/84
Referee of
-
Referee's report by Frederick John Owen Evans, on a paper 'Contributions to terrestrial magnetism - No. XII. The magnetic survey of the British Islands, reduced to the epoch 1842·5' by Edward Sabine
Creator: Frederick John Owen Evans Reference number: RR/7/65 -
Referee's report by Frederick John Owen Evans, on a paper 'A magnetic survey of the fortieth parallel in North America between the Atlantic Ocean and the Great Salt Lake Utah' by Thomas Edward Thorpe
Creator: Frederick John Owen Evans Reference number: RR/8/210
Recipient of
-
Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Frederick J. O. Evans, dated at Collingwood
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/7/133 -
Copy of draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Frederick J. O. Evans, dated at Collingwood
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/24/265