Andrew Noble
1831 - 1915
- Born
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13 September 1831
65 Union Street, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
- Died
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22/10/1915
Ardkinglas, a house in Argyllshire, Scotland
- Nationality
- British
- Gender
- Male
- Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 02/06/1870
- Age at the time of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 39
- Occupation
- Industrialist and expert in artillery
- Relationships
- Parents: George Noble (d. 1847), a retired naval captain of Greenock, Renfrewshire, and Georgiana, only daughter of Andrew Donald Moore of Ottercaps, Virginia, USA (formerly of Ayrshire). Spouse: Margery Durham, daughter of Archibald Campbell of Quebec, Canada (15 November 1880). Children: George John William Noble (1859–1937); John Henry Brunel Noble (1865–1938); another 2 sons and two daughters.
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- Wikipedia
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Author of
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Paper, 'Note on the energy absorbed by friction in the bores of rifled guns' by Andrew Noble
Creator: Andrew Noble Reference number: PP/18/25 -
Paper, 'Preliminary note on the pressure developed by some new explosives' by Andrew Noble
Creator: Andrew Noble Reference number: PP/20/12 -
Paper, 'Researches on explosives. Preliminary note' by Andrew Noble
Creator: Andrew Noble Reference number: PP/24/16 -
Referee's report by John Hall Gladstone, on a paper 'Researches on explosives - Fired gunpowder' by Andrew Noble and Frederick Augustus Abel
Creator: John Hall Gladstone Reference number: RR/7/332 -
Referee's report by Astley Cooper Key, on a paper 'Researches on explosives - Fired gunpowder' by Andrew Noble and Frederick Augustus Abel
Creator: Astley Cooper Key Reference number: RR/7/333 -
Referee's report by John Hall Gladstone, on a paper 'Researches on explosives. No. II.—Fired gunpowder' by Andrew Noble and Frederick Augustus Abel
Creator: John Hall Gladstone Reference number: RR/8/176
Referee of
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Referee's report by Andrew Noble, on a paper 'Contributions to the history of explosive agents - Second memoir' by Frederick Augustus Abel
Creator: Andrew Noble Reference number: RR/7/283 -
Letter from Andrew Noble, on a paper 'Chemical theory of gunpowder' by Heinrich Debus to William Spottiswoode
Creator: Andrew Noble Reference number: RR/9/8 -
Letter from Andrew Noble, on a paper 'Chemical theory of gunpowder' by Heinrich Debus to the Secretary of the Royal Society
Creator: Andrew Noble Reference number: RR/9/9 -
Referee's report by Andrew Noble, on a paper 'An experimental investigation of the circumstances under which a change of the velocity in the propagation of the ignition of an explosive gaseous mixture takes place in closed and open vessels. Part I. Chronographic measurements' by Frederick John Smith
Creator: Andrew Noble Reference number: RR/10/302 -
Referee's report by Andrew Noble, on a paper 'On the velocity of transmission through sea-water of disturbances of large amplitude caused by explosions' by Richard Threlfall and John Frederick Adair
Creator: Andrew Noble Reference number: RR/10/310