John Hopkinson
1849 - 1898
- Born
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27 July 1849
Manchester, Lancashire, England
- Died
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27 August 1898
Petite Dent de Veisivi, Val d'Herens, Switzerland, Europe
- Nationality
- British
- Gender
- Male
- Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 06/06/1878
- Age at the time of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 29
- Occupation
- Electrical engineer
- Relationships
- Parents: John Hopkinson, mechanical engineer, and Alice, daughter of John Dewhurst of Skipton. Brother: Sir Alfred Hopkinson Spouse: Evelyn Oldenbourg (1873) Children: Bertram Hopkinson (FRS 1910); John; Alice; Lina. Son in law: Sir James Alfred Ewing (FRS 1887)
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- Wikipedia
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Author of
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Paper, 'Note on specific inductive capacity' by John Hopkinson
Creator: John Hopkinson Reference number: PP/9/16 -
Paper, 'Note on induction coils or "transformers"' by John Hopkinson
Creator: John Hopkinson Reference number: PP/10/19 -
Paper, 'Note on the theory of the alternate current dynamo' by John Hopkinson
Creator: John Hopkinson Reference number: PP/10/20 -
Paper, 'Specific inductive capacity [dielectric constant]' by J [John] Hopkinson
Creator: John Hopkinson Reference number: PP/11/6 -
Paper, 'Magnetic properties of an impure nickel' by J [John] Hopkinson
Creator: John Hopkinson Reference number: PP/12/24 -
Paper, 'Magnetisation of iron at high temperatures - preliminary notice' by John Hopkinson
Creator: John Hopkinson Reference number: PP/13/15
Referee of
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Referee's report by John Hopkinson, on a paper 'An experimental determination of the values of the velocities of normal propagation of plane waves in different directions in a biaxal crystal, and a comparison of the results with theory' by Richard Tetley Glazebrook
Creator: John Hopkinson Reference number: RR/8/96 -
Referee's report by John Hopkinson, on a paper 'On the dynamo-electric current, and on certain means to improve its steadiness' by Charles William Siemens
Creator: John Hopkinson Reference number: RR/8/258 -
Referee's report by John Hopkinson, on a paper 'On the variation of the electrical resistance of glass with temperature, density, and chemical composition' by Thomas Gray
Creator: John Hopkinson Reference number: RR/9/47 -
Referee's report by John Hopkinson, on a paper 'The influence of stress and strain on the action of physical forces' by Herbert Tomlinson
Creator: John Hopkinson Reference number: RR/9/92 -
Referee's report by John Hopkinson, on a paper 'On the connexion between electric current and the electric and magnetic inductions in the surrounding field' by John Henry Poynting
Creator: John Hopkinson Reference number: RR/9/300
