James Dewar
1842-1923
Scottish chemist and physicist known for having invented a double-walled, glass container that keeps hot liquids hot and cold liquids cold. The Dewar flask (or thermos bottle) sl...
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James Dewar was born in Kincardine, Fife, Scotland, on September 20, 1842. He attended the University of Edinburgh and developed a wide range of interests, including electricity, chemistry, spectrosco...
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Born on September 20, 1852, in Kincardine, Fife, Scotland, James Dewar became famous for his work in cryogenics--the study of objects at extremely low temperatures. He was educated at the University o...
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James Dewar was born in Kincardine, Fife, Scotland, on September 20, 1842. He attended the University of Edinburgh and developed a wide range of interests including electricity, chemistry, spectroscop...
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