Hertha Ayrton

After her father died in 1861 ayrton went to live with her cousins in london where she was introduced to the study of science and mathematics.

Hertha ayrton. Born phoebe sarah marks in 1854 she was one of seven children. Born phoebe sarah marks in 1854 she was one of seven children. Hertha s fan was dismissed at first but after proving useful the war effort finally manufactured 104 000 ayrton fans and distributed them to the men fighting in the trenches. As a married woman she had no legal existence in british law.

Helen arney self confessed science nerd stand up entertainer and once nicknamed a geek songstress tells matthew parris why she s chosen hertha ayrton the pioneering victorian physicist. Phoebe sarah hertha ayrton 28 april 1854 23 august 1923 was an english engineer mathematician and inventor. Hertha ayrton possessed an extraordinary mind and she directed that genius towards engineering and invention. After her father died in 1861 ayrton went to live with her cousins in london where she was introduced to the study of science and mathematics.

She discovered the relationship between pressure in the arc and current length and later studied the fluid dynamics of waves. Phoebe sarah hertha ayrton 28 april 1854 26 august 1923 was a british engineer mathematician physicist and inventor and suffragette known in adult life as hertha ayrton born phoebe sarah marks she was awarded the hughes medal by the royal society for her work on electric arcs and ripples in sand and water. The first woman proposed for membership in the royal society hertha ayrton created inventions from tools architects used for enlarging and reducing drawings to fans that could clear poison gas from mine shafts. She was awarded the hughes medal by the institution of electrical engineers for her work on electric arcs and ripples in sand and water.

Hertha spent the rest of her days building upon this wave theory to devise strategies of clearing noxious gasses out of mines and sewers. Early life and education. Physicist hertha ayrton made significant improvements to the efficiency and design of direct current electric arc a source of bright illumination and wrote a widely respected textbook on the topic. Hertha ayrton born phoebe sarah marks was a distinguished british woman scientist who in 1902 was the first woman to be proposed for the fellowship of the royal society.

26 1923 north lancing sussex british physicist who was the first woman nominated to become a fellow of the royal society.