William John Macquorn Rankine

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/William_John_Macquorn_Rankine
GPTKB entity
Statements (34)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
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gptkb:Manual_of_the_Steam_Engine_and_Other_Prime_Movers
Manual of Civil Engineering
gptkbp:award gptkb:Royal_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1820-07-05
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Edinburgh
gptkbp:deathDate 1872-12-24
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Glasgow
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Edinburgh
gptkbp:employer gptkb:University_of_Glasgow
gptkbp:field civil engineering
mechanical engineering
thermodynamics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label William John Macquorn Rankine
gptkbp:influenced engineering education
thermodynamics
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:James_Watt
gptkb:Sadi_Carnot
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Rankine_cycle
gptkb:Rankine_scale
thermodynamics
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkb:Royal_Society_of_Edinburgh
gptkbp:nationality Scottish
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:engineer
gptkb:physicist
gptkb:professor
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Sighthill_Cemetery,_Glasgow
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Isabella_Agnes_Weir
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Dynamical_Theory_of_Heat
gptkb:Osborne_Reynolds
gptkb:Rankine_cycle
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5