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Possible Article Addition to William Grylls Adams:

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rspa.1915.0045 Other Career Aspects:

Outside of his main position at King's College Adams was extremely active in academic pursuits. Among these were the Department of Science and Art and the universities of Cambridge and London, where he held the title of "examiner" in the field of physics from 1879 to 1892. His work further ran to a number of scientific societies including the Physical Society, the British Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Society of Telegraph Engineers and Electricians.

Research:

Adams had a wide area of interest, chief among these was light and magnetism. The main area of Adams focus in light was the effects of polarization starting in 1871. To study the effect of polarized light on various substances (selenium and tellurium), Adams developed new variants of a device known as a polariscope. In 1875, his focus was the effects of magnetized metals, and migrated to magnetic anomalies occurring at the same time in varying locals in 1893.

Other Interests:

The field of astronomy drew Adams' attention and eventually lead him to Italy to study eclipses. He also ventured into areas such as electrical power generation and transmission, specifically lighthouse illumination. In this area, he compared varying aspects electric and oil lights for Trinity House.

Article edits to add Pencil and Notepad (talk) 14:33, 1 November 2019 (UTC) Career Section??? Adams had a wide area of interest, chief among these was light and magnetism. Light was the focus of Adams’ research, which began in 1871, in which he studied the effects of polarization. In order to study the effects of polarization on various substances like selenium and tellurium, Adams developed a new variant of the polariscope. In doing this, he was able to research “the optical axes of biaxial crystals.” Although his focus was light, magnetism was also heavy in his research. In this area, his focus was the resistance change in materials due to magnetism. Adams also compared readings of magnetographs form the observatories of various European cities and compared the “disturbances that were produced simultaneously at a number of locations.”

The field of astronomy also drew Adams' attention and eventually lead him to Italy to study eclipses. He also ventured into areas such as electrical power generation and transmission, specifically lighthouse illumination.[1] In this area, he compared varying aspects electric and oil lights for Trinity House.

Other Stuff: We plan to add to what u/bmty9f has said. There will also be revisions to the article structure, talked about in u/bmty9f’s article draft.

Early Life: Adams was the fourth son of Thomas Adams and Tabitha Knill Grylls. He was also the younger brother of John Couch Adams (1819-1892).

Education: First paragraph after intro.

Kings College: Adams was a pioneer in the development of science education, in particular manufacturing and engineering. He focused on practical application of conceptual physics material to engineering practices. This model worked well enough that the rest of the department adopted the model. He also worked to increase funding through laboratory accommodations and the Whitworth scholarship scheme.

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