James Dewar
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Sir James Dewar was a Scottish chemist and physicist. He is best known for his invention of the vacuum flask, which he used in conjunction for his research into the liquefaction of gases. He also stud
James Dewar
Dewar's vacuum flask in the museum of the Royal Institution
Sir James Dewar's ashes at Golders Green Crematorium
Portrait of Dewar by René le Brun, Comte de L'Hôpital, in the collection of the Royal Society of Chemistry
Kincardine, Fife
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Kincardine or Kincardine-on-Forth is a town on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, in Fife, Scotland. The town was given the status of a burgh of barony in 1663. It was at one time a reasonably pro
James Dewar
…nominated for the Nobel Prize eight times — five times in Physics and three times in Chemistry — but he was never so honoured. James Dewar was born in Kincardine, Perthshire (now in Fife) in 1842, the youngest of six boys of Ann Dewar and Thomas Dewar, a vintner. He was educated at Kincardine Parish School and…
The Mercat cross at Kincardine, 2007