Thomas Andrews (scientist)

Thomas Andrews ( born December 19, 1813 in Belfast, † November 26, 1885 ) was an Irish physicist and chemist.

Life and work

He attended the Belfast Academy and the Academical Institution. In 1828 he studied at the University of Glasgow under Professor Thomas Thomson chemistry. In 1830 he studied with Pasteur Jean -Baptiste Dumas in Paris and in 1831 he moved to Trinity College, Dublin, where he gained a distinction in the classical sciences as well as in classical antiquity science.

He received his doctorate in 1835 at Edinburgh University as a medical doctor and joined a medical practice successfully. He was a general practitioner in Belfast, and Professor of Chemistry at the newly established College of Medicine of the Academical Institution, Belfast. Since 1839 he was a member of the Royal Irish Academy. 1845 Andrews Vice President and Professor of Chemistry at Queens' College in Belfast. He provided important works related to heat generation in chemical processes, the combustion process and the ozone.

He did work for gas liquefaction ( particularly carbon dioxide), electrical conductivity of hot gases and in the field of electroplating. 1861 Andrews discovered that can no longer be gases above a certain temperature by pressure transfer in liquid form. In 1863 he joined the first time the existence of a critical temperature and specific oxidation and heats of neutralization. He interpreted ozone as a modification of the oxygen. According to him, the Andrews - diagram is named to represent the thermal equation of state of gases.

In 1879 he retired for health reasons.

Awards

In addition to numerous honorary doctorates he received the diploma of the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh and the Royal Medal in 1844. In 1849 he became a member of the Royal Society in London in 1870 and a member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

  • Physicist (19th Century )
  • Chemists ( 19th century)
  • Member of the Royal Society
  • Irishman
  • Person (Belfast )
  • Born in 1813
  • Died in 1885
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