Dines, William Henry, 1855-1927.
Items in various series of The Royal Society, 1909-1921.
Materials by and relating to W. H. Dines can be found in the following series: Manuscripts (General): MS 681 Letters and papers of W. H. Dines (25 items). Correspondents include L. H. G. Dines, F. J. W. Whipple and Napier Shaw. Miscellaneous Manuscripts: 2 items.
Son of George Dines, meteorologist of Horsham, Walton-on-Thames and London. Ecuated at Corpus Christi, Cambridge, B. A., 1881. Designed a pressure tube anenometer and other instruments and made an elaborate study of the upper air. From 1905 to 1922 he was director of experiments on upper air for the Meteorological Office. Most experiments were done at Benson near Hallingford, Berkshire. F. R. S., 1905. F. Meteorol. Soc. President of Meteorological Society, 1901 and 1902.
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Dines, L. H. G.
Shaw, Napier.
Whipple, Francis John Welsh, 1876-1943.
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