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Sir John Ambrose Fleming

1849 - 1945

Sir John Ambrose Fleming, (born Nov. 29, 1849, Lancaster, Lancashire, Eng.—died April 18, 1945, Sidmouth, Devon), English engineer who made numerous contributions to electronics, photometry, electric measurements, and wireless telegraphy.

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J. T. MacGregor-Morris, ‘Fleming, Sir (John) Ambrose (1849–1945)’, rev. Graeme J. N. Gooday, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2011 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article

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"Sir John Ambrose Fleming." Encyclopaedia Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica Online Academic Edition. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2014. Web. 24 Sep. 2014. <http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/209966/Sir-John-Ambrose-Fleming>.

Book(s) related to this person:

On the use of Daniell's Cell As a Standard of Electromotive Force

The Cantor Lectrues: Electrical Oscillations and Electric Waves

The Thermionic Valve and Its Developments in Radiotelegraphy and Telephony

On the Characteristic Curves and Surfaces of Incandescence Lamps

On a new Form of Resistance-Balance adapted for comparing Standard Coils

On Some Instruments for the Measurement of Electro-Motive Force and Electrical Power

Cantor Lectures: Electrical Oscillations and Electric Waves. Lecture IV: Electric Waves

On the Polarization of Electrodes in Water Free From Air

Cantor Lectures: Electrical Oscillations and Electric Waves. Lecture IV: Electric Waves

On the New Contact Theory of the Galvanic Cell

The Cantor Lectrues: Electrical Oscillations and Electric Waves

Cantor Lectrues: Electrical Oscillations and Electric Waves. Lecture II: Electric Resonance

Cantor Lectrues: Electrical Oscillations and Electric Waves. Lecture II: Electric Resonance

Cantor Lectures: Electrical Oscillations and Electric Waves.

On the Electrical Resistivity of Electrolytic Bismuth at Low Temperatures, and in Magnetic Fields

Cantor Lectures on Alternate Current Transformers

Note on the Dielectric Constant of Ice and Alcohol at very Low Temperatures

The Photometry of Electric Lamps

Cantor Lectures: Electrical Oscillations and Electric Waves.

The Centenary of the Electric Current, 1799-1899

The Alternate Current Transformer in Theory and Practice

Electrons, Electric Waves and Wireless Telephony

Problems on the Distribution of Electric Currents in Networks of Conductors treated by the Method of Maxwell

The Principles of Electric Wave Telegraphy

photo of writings on plate - "The Origin and Development of the Thermionic Valve"

Handbook for the Electrical Laboratory and Testing Room

Handbook for the Electrical Laboratory and Testing Room

On the Dielectric Constant of Liquid Oxygen and Liquid Air

The Principles of Electric Wave Telegraphy and Telephony

On the Magnetic Permeability and Hysteresis of Iron at Low Temperatures

On the Use of Daniell's Cell as a Standard of Electromotive Force

Fifty Years of Electricity: The Memoirs of an Electrical Engineer

The Thermionic Valve and its Developments in Radiotelegraphy and Telephony

A Note on Some Further Determinations of the Dielectric Constants of Organic Bodies and Electrolytes at Very Low Temperatures

On Molecular Shadows in Incandescence Lamps

On the Magnetic Permeability of Liquid Oxygen and Liquid Air

On the Electrical Resistivity of Pure Mercury at the Temperature of Liquid Air

A Design for a Standard of Electrical Resistance

Thermo-electric Powers of Metals and Alloys between the Temperatures of the Boiling-Point of Water and the Boiling-Point of Liquid Air

On Electric Lighting in Works and Factories

On the Changes Produced in Magnetised Iron and Steels by Cooling to the Temperature of Liquid Air

On the Necessity for A National Standardising Laboratory for Electrical Instruments

Problems on the Distribution of Electric Currents in Networks of Conductors treated by the Method of Maxwell

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