Identity area
Reference code
Adams/Box 30-32/Box 31/9/3
Unique identifier
GB 275 Adams/Box 30-32/Box 31/9/3
Title
Autograph letter signed to James Porter
Date(s)
- 25 Apr. 1892 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1p, envelope paper
Context area
Name of creator
(1854-1931)
Biographical history
Admitted pensioner at St John's 1873; B.A. 1877; M.A. 1894; K.C.B. 1911; J.P. for Northumberland; High Sheriff 1910; President of the British Association 1919; F.R.S. 1898; Designed and built The Turbinia , the first turbine driven vessel, 1894. It is through his work that the turbine became the prime mover for the generation of electricity in the largest power stations and for the propulsion of the largest and fastest vessels.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Subscription Adams Memorial Committee.