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He was born on 27 January 1827. |
He was born in [[Alnwick]] on 27 January 1827.<ref>http://historiccamera.com/cgi-bin/librarium2/pm.cgi?action=app_display&app=datasheet&app_id=2759&</ref> |
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Bow worked with [[Edward Sang]] and [[Thomas Bouch]], and his textbooks ''Economics of Construction in Relation to Framed Structures'' (1871) and ''Treatise on Bracing in relation to Bridges and other Structures'' (1874) drew on calculations he had conducted for Bouch.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.semp.us/publications/biot_reader.php?BiotID=489 |title=Firth of Tay Bridge Disaster 1879 |publisher=Suburban Emergency Management Project (SEMP) |accessdate=19 September 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091009103324/http://www.semp.us/publications/biot_reader.php?BiotID=489 |archivedate=9 October 2009 }}</ref> |
Bow worked with [[Edward Sang]] and [[Thomas Bouch]], and his textbooks ''Economics of Construction in Relation to Framed Structures'' (1871) and ''Treatise on Bracing in relation to Bridges and other Structures'' (1874) drew on calculations he had conducted for Bouch.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.semp.us/publications/biot_reader.php?BiotID=489 |title=Firth of Tay Bridge Disaster 1879 |publisher=Suburban Emergency Management Project (SEMP) |accessdate=19 September 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091009103324/http://www.semp.us/publications/biot_reader.php?BiotID=489 |archivedate=9 October 2009 }}</ref> |
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In the 1860s he became fascinated with stereoscopic photography.<ref>http://historiccamera.com/cgi-bin/librarium2/pm.cgi?action=app_display&app=datasheet&app_id=2759&</ref> |
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He was elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Edinburgh]] in 1869, his proposer being [[Edward Sang]]<ref>https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf</ref> His address was then 7 South Gray Street on the south side of [[Edinburgh]].<ref>http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8367042</ref> |
He was elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Edinburgh]] in 1869, his proposer being [[Edward Sang]]<ref>https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf</ref> His address was then 7 South Gray Street on the south side of [[Edinburgh]].<ref>http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8367042</ref> |
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Revision as of 23:23, 18 July 2017
Robert Henry Bow FRSE (1827–1909) was a Scottish civil engineer and photographer.[1]
Life
He was born in Alnwick on 27 January 1827.[2]
Bow worked with Edward Sang and Thomas Bouch, and his textbooks Economics of Construction in Relation to Framed Structures (1871) and Treatise on Bracing in relation to Bridges and other Structures (1874) drew on calculations he had conducted for Bouch.[3]
In the 1860s he became fascinated with stereoscopic photography.[4]
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1869, his proposer being Edward Sang[5] His address was then 7 South Gray Street on the south side of Edinburgh.[6]
He died on 17 February 1909 is buried in the grave of his brother Dr John Campbell Bow (1825-1877) in the Grange Cemetery in southern Edinburgh. The grave lies on the main east-west spine of the south-east section.
References
- ^ "Former RSE Fellows 1783-2002" (PDF). Royal Society of Edinburgh. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
- ^ http://historiccamera.com/cgi-bin/librarium2/pm.cgi?action=app_display&app=datasheet&app_id=2759&
- ^ "Firth of Tay Bridge Disaster 1879". Suburban Emergency Management Project (SEMP). Archived from the original on 9 October 2009. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ http://historiccamera.com/cgi-bin/librarium2/pm.cgi?action=app_display&app=datasheet&app_id=2759&
- ^ https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf
- ^ http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8367042
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