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Richard Inwards

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Richard Inwards (22 April 1840, Houghton Regis – 30 September 1937) was a mining engineer, an astronomer and a meteorologist.[1][2]

Inwards managed the San Baldomero mine in Bolivia for Evans and Askin and then a mine in Spain for the Manganese Company. He reported on mines and mining projects in South America, Mexico, Norway, Austria, Spain, Portugal and England. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1861[3] and a Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society in 1862. He served as president of the Royal Meteorological Society in 1894 and 1895.[4]

Selected works

  • Weather lore. 1869.; 3rd edition. 1898.
  • Temple of the Andes. 1884.
  • William Ford Stanley: his life and work. 1911.

References

  1. ^ "Mr. Richard Inwards". Nature. 133: 603. 21 April 1934. Bibcode:1934Natur.133T.603.. doi:10.1038/133603d0.
  2. ^ "Mr. Richard Inwards". Nature. 140: 715. 23 October 1937. Bibcode:1937Natur.140Q.715.. doi:10.1038/140715a0.
  3. ^ "Richard Inwards. A Link with the Past". The Observer. 60: 325–326. 1937. Bibcode:1937Obs....60..325.
  4. ^ "Inwards, Richard". Who's Who: 1150. 1916.

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