William Thomas David Explained

W.T. David
Birth Name:	William Thomas David
Birth Date:	1886 4, df=yes
Birth Place:	Laugharne, Carmarthenshire, Wales.
Death Place:	Leeds, Yorkshire, England.
Nationality:	Welsh
Citizenship:	British
Field:	Engineering
Work Institution:	University College Cardiff Trinity College, Cambridge University of Liverpool
Prizes:	Thomas Hawksley Gold Medallist:1937^[1] Starley Premium Recipient:1941^[2] Dugald Clerk Prize Winner:1941^[3]

W.T. David M.A., Sc.D (1886 - 1948) was Professor of Engineering at Liverpool University from 1922–48 and from 1920-22 at University College, Cardiff in Wales. His pioneering doctoral research under Professor Bertram Hopkinson at Trinity College, Cambridge into flame gas phenomena anticipated and was confirmed by later developments in quantum mechanics and David became an established authority on gaseous explosions in combustion engines. During WW1 he served as an Army Major (Research and Inspection) and in 1915 was appointed Director in the Ministry of Munitions and in 1918 Inspector of Technical Schools in the Ministry of Education. David was a member of the Institutions of Civil and of Mechanical Engineers, and was chairman of the Yorkshire Association of the Institution of Civil Engineers for the session 1928-29. He died in 1948.^[4]

Selected bibliography

• David . W. T. . Radiation in gaseous explosions . Transactions of the Faraday Society . 1926 . 22 . 273 . 10.1039/TF9262200273.
• DAVID . W. T. . MANN . J. . Influence of Water Vapour on Flame Gas Temperatures . Nature . October 1942 . 150 . 3809 . 521–522 . 10.1038/150521b0. 4104150 .
• David . W.T. . Jordan . J. . XIII. Flame temperatures in carbon-monoxide and air mixtures . The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science . 3 April 2009 . 17 . 110 . 172–181 . 10.1080/14786443409462378.
• DAVID . W. T. . PUGH . B. . Latent Energy and Dissociation in Flame Gases . Nature . June 1940 . 145 . 3684 . 896–897 . 10.1038/145896a0. 4140035 .
• DAVID . W. T. . MANN . J. . Influence of Water Vapour on Flame Gas Temperatures . Nature . October 1942 . 150 . 3809 . 521–522 . 10.1038/150521b0. 4104150 .
• DAVID . W. T. . Temperature of Flame Gases . Nature . September 1943 . 152 . 3853 . 278 . 10.1038/152278a0. free .
• DAVID . W. T. . MANN . J. . Unusual Flame Gases . Nature . August 1947 . 160 . 4059 . 229–230 . 10.1038/160229b0. 4089445 .

Notes and References

1. List of Members of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers with Year of Election 1941. June 16, 1941. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. 145. 1. 26–30. 10.1243/pime_proc_1941_145_011_02.
2. Institution of Mechanical Engineers: Awards. March 1, 1941. Nature. 147. 3723. 295. 10.1038/147295a0. free.
3. Web site: William Thomas David - Graces Guide. www.gracesguide.co.uk.
4. Evans . R. H. . Prof. W. T. David: Obituary . Nature . July 1948 . 162 . 4105 . 15 . 10.1038/162015a0. free .