Josiah Wedgwood
1730 - 1795
- Born
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Burslem, Staffordshire, England
- Died
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03 January 1795
Etruria Hall, near Barlaston, Staffordshire
- Nationality
- British
- Gender
- Male
- Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 16/01/1783
- Relationships
- His daughter Susannah married Robert Waring Darwin FRS (1788), who was son of Erasmus Darwin FRS (1761) and father of their fifth child Charles Robert Darwin FRS (1839); the second wife of Sir James Mackintosh (FRS 1813) was sister to Louisa, who married John Wedgwood, and Elizabeth who married Josiah Wedgwood, the sons of Josiah Wedgwood
- Catalogue
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Author of
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Paper, 'A method of ascertaining very great degrees of heat' by Josiah Wedgwood
Creator: Josiah Wedgwood Reference number: L&P/7/178 -
Paper, 'Attempt to make a thermometer for higher degrees of heat' by Josiah Wedgwood
Creator: Josiah Wedgwood Reference number: L&P/7/249 -
Paper, 'Some experiments upon black wadd' by Josiah Wedgwood
Creator: Josiah Wedgwood Reference number: L&P/8/23 -
Paper, 'An attempt to comparer and connect [the indications of J W's pyrometer] with those of the mercurial thermometer' by Josiah Wedgwood
Creator: Josiah Wedgwood Reference number: L&P/8/79 -
Paper, 'Additional observations on making a thermometer for measuring the higher degrees of heat' by Josiah Wedgwood
Creator: Josiah Wedgwood Reference number: L&P/9/1 -
Letter, 'On the analysis of a mineral substance from New South Wales' from Josiah Wedgwood to Joseph Banks
Creator: Josiah Wedgwood Reference number: L&P/9/167