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At the recommendation of [[John Milne]], he was hired by the [[Meiji government|government]] of [[Japan]] as a [[oyatoi gaikokujin|foreign advisor]] and arrived in [[Tokyo]] in 1879 to assume to post of Professor of Telegraph Engineering in the Physical Laboratories at the [[Tokyo Imperial University]]. Later, while working at the [[Imperial College of Engineering]] in Tokyo, he helped John Milne and [[James Alfred Ewing]] develop the first modern [[seismometer]]s from 1880 to 1895.<ref>Clancy, Gregory. (2006). {{Google books|m0eUSUtm0iMC| ''Earthquake Nation: The Cultural Politics of Japanese Seismicity, 1868–1930'', p. 260.|page=260}}</ref> Although all three men worked as a team on the invention and use of seismographs, John Milne is generally credited with the invention of the first modern horizontal-pendulum seismograph.<ref>Dewey, James and Perry Byerly. [https://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/topics/seismology/history/part08.php "The Early History of Seismometry (to 1900),"] ''Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America,'' Vol. 59, No. 1, pp. 183-227. February 1969.</ref> |
At the recommendation of [[John Milne]], he was hired by the [[Meiji government|government]] of [[Japan]] as a [[oyatoi gaikokujin|foreign advisor]] and arrived in [[Tokyo]] in 1879 to assume to post of Professor of Telegraph Engineering in the Physical Laboratories at the [[Tokyo Imperial University]]. Later, while working at the [[Imperial College of Engineering]] in Tokyo, he helped John Milne and [[James Alfred Ewing]] develop the first modern [[seismometer]]s from 1880 to 1895.<ref>Clancy, Gregory. (2006). {{Google books|m0eUSUtm0iMC| ''Earthquake Nation: The Cultural Politics of Japanese Seismicity, 1868–1930'', p. 260.|page=260}}</ref> Although all three men worked as a team on the invention and use of seismographs, John Milne is generally credited with the invention of the first modern horizontal-pendulum seismograph.<ref>Dewey, James and Perry Byerly. [https://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/topics/seismology/history/part08.php "The Early History of Seismometry (to 1900),"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160321222647/http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/topics/seismology/history/part08.php |date=21 March 2016 }} ''Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America,'' Vol. 59, No. 1, pp. 183-227. February 1969.</ref> |
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Gray joined Milne and Ewing in founding the [[Seismological Society of Japan]] (SSJ) in 1880.<ref>Massachusetts Institute of Technology, [http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/milne.html Inventor, John Milne]</ref> |
Gray joined Milne and Ewing in founding the [[Seismological Society of Japan]] (SSJ) in 1880.<ref>Massachusetts Institute of Technology, [http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/milne.html Inventor, John Milne]</ref> |
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Thomas Lomar Gray | |
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| Born | 4 February 1850 |
| Died | 19 December 1908 (aged 58) |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Occupation(s) | scientist, educator, foreign advisor to Japan |
Thomas Lomar Gray (4 February 1850 – 19 December 1908) was a Scottish engineer noted for his pioneering work in seismology.
Early life
Born in Lochgelly, Fife, Scotland, Gray graduated in 1878 from the University of Glasgow with a B.Sc. in engineering. At Glasgow, he awarded the Cleland Medal for "An Experimental Determination of Magnetic Moments in Absolute Measurements."[1]
Career
At the recommendation of
James Alfred Ewing develop the first modern seismometers from 1880 to 1895.[2] Although all three men worked as a team on the invention and use of seismographs, John Milne is generally credited with the invention of the first modern horizontal-pendulum seismograph.[3]
Gray joined Milne and Ewing in founding the Seismological Society of Japan (SSJ) in 1880.[4]
Among Gray's colleagues in Japan was
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana in the United States. His title was Professor of Dynamic Engineering. He was vice president of Rose Polytechnic from 1891 through 1908. He died on 19 December 1908.[1]
Notes
- ^ a b Rose Polytechnic Institute. (1909). Rose Polytechnic Institute: memorial volume embracing a history of the Institute, a sketch of the founder, together with a biographical dictionary and other matters of interest, pp. 94-98., p. 94, at Google Books
- ^ Clancy, Gregory. (2006). Earthquake Nation: The Cultural Politics of Japanese Seismicity, 1868–1930, p. 260., p. 260, at Google Books
- ^ Dewey, James and Perry Byerly. "The Early History of Seismometry (to 1900)," Archived 21 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Vol. 59, No. 1, pp. 183-227. February 1969.
- ^ Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Inventor, John Milne
References
- Clancy, Gregory. (2006). Earthquake Nation: The Cultural Politics of Japanese Seismicity, 1868–1930. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 9780520246072; OCLC 219039402
- Herbert-Gustar, A. Leslie and Patrick A. Nott. (1980). John Milne, Father of Modern Seismology. Tenterden: Paul Norbury. ISBN 9780904404340; OCLC 476242679
- Richter, Charles F. (1958). Elementary Seismology. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman. OCLC 503991062
- Rose Polytechnic Institute. (1909). Rose Polytechnic Institute: memorial volume embracing a history of the Institute, a sketch of the founder, together with a biographical dictionary and other matters of interest. Terre Haute, Indiana: . OCLC 2574674
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