Charles Niven
1845 - 1923
- Born
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14 September 1845
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- Died
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11/05/1923
- Gender
- Male
- Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 03/06/1880
- Relationships
- Son of Charles Niven, shopkeeper, of Peterhead; younger brother of Sir William Davidson Niven (FRS 1882); married Mary, daughter of Sir David Stewart of Banchory
- Catalogue
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Author of
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Referee's report by John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, on a paper 'On the induction of electric currents in infinite plates and spherical shells' by Charles Niven
Creator: John William Strutt Reference number: RR/8/236 -
Referee's report by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, on a paper 'On the induction of electric currents in infinite plates and spherical shells' by Charles Niven
Creator: William Thomson Reference number: RR/8/237 -
Referee's report by Horace Lamb, on a paper 'A method of finding the conductivity for heat' by Charles Niven
Creator: Horace Lamb Reference number: RR/16/215
Referee of
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Referee's report by Charles Niven, on a paper 'On the steady motion and small vibrations a hollow vortex' by William Mitchinson Hicks
Creator: Charles Niven Reference number: RR/9/218 -
Referee's report by Charles Niven, on a paper 'On the steady motion and small vibrations a hollow vortex. Part II' by William Mitchinson Hicks
Creator: Charles Niven Reference number: RR/9/278 -
Referee's report by Charles Niven, on a paper 'On the induction of electric currents in conducting shells of small thickness' by Samuel Hawksley Burbury
Creator: Charles Niven Reference number: RR/10/130 -
Referee's report by Charles Niven, on the Bakerian Lecture 'The effect of temperature and pressure on the thermal conductivities of solids.—Part II. The effects of low temperatures on the thermal and electrical conductivities of certain approximately pure metals and alloys' by Charles Herbert Lees
Creator: Charles Niven Reference number: RR/17/190
