These liquids are held in either special containers known as Dewar flasks, which are generally about six feet tall ( 1. 8 m ) and three feet ( 91. 5 cm ) in diameter, or giant tanks in larger commercial operations.

Invented by Sir James Dewar in 1892, the vacuum flask consists of two flasks, placed one within the other and joined at the neck.

However, the Dewar flasks the LOX was stored in occasionally exploded, which was caused by iron impurities in the activated carbon serving as trace gas absorbent in the insulation vacuum layer in the flask, which caused spontaneous ignition in case of LOX leak into the enclosed space.

Dewar had already been created a baronet in 1907. the titles are held by his grandson, the fourth Baron, who succeeded his father in 1993 ( who in his turn had succeeded his half-brother in 1947 ).

Raut Nacha, Dewar Nacha, Panthi & Soowa, Padki and Pandwani are some of musical styles and dance dramas.

Others fairs of importance are the Nautha at Adbadri, Naumi at Hariyali, Nanda Devi at Bedni, Dattatreya Pooranmasi at Ansuya temple, Nagnath at Dewar Walla.

Although Cohen's and Stewart's individual disciplines are biology and mathematics, respectively, their description of the complicity of intelligence and extelligence is firmly in the tradition of Jean Piaget, Belinda Dewar and

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Dewar.

The women who work as tattooing artists belong to the Ojha, Badni and Dewar tribes of M. P., and are called Godharins.

There are numerous other buildings on the campus, including the Dewar Building for science, the Younger Building for mathematics and business studies, the Gibson Building for music, the Iona Building for home economics and the most recently built Maguire Building for sport, art and drama.

The First ScotRail Class 334 train 334001 was named Donald Dewar in his memory.

The Elliot Library is named after former inter-war Cabinet Minister Walter Elliot ; the Bridie Library after Osborne Mavor, physician and dramatist, who wrote under the pseudonym, " James Bridie "; and the Reading Room is dedicated to Donald Dewar, former President of the Union, Secretary of State for Scotland and First Minister of Scotland.

Donald Dewar was selected for the seat Glasgow Garscadden by a majority of three, after Dewar's friend the veteran Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers MP Willie Small died unexpectedly.

On 21 December 1988, Dewar was in Lockerbie after the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, as the member of the Shadow Cabinet in charge of Scottish affairs.

Bratley first became interested in self-reproducing programs after seeing the first known such program written in Atlas Autocode at Edinburgh in the 1960s by the University of Edinburgh lecturer and researcher Hamish Dewar.

The Royal Institution laboratories lost a number of staff to the war effort, both in fighting and scientific roles, and after the war, Dewar had little interest in re-starting the serious research work which went on before the War.

Whilst Dewar was never recognised by the Swedish Academy, he was recognised by many other institutions both before and after his death, both in Britain and overseas.

The vacuum flask was invented by Scottish physicist and chemist Sir James Dewar in 1892 and is sometimes referred to as a Dewar flask or Dewar bottle after its inventor.

Despite this, during his time as leader of the Labour Party Smith abolished the trade union block vote at Labour party conferences, and replaced it with " one member one vote " at the 1993 party conference and committed a future Labour government to establishing a Scottish Parliament, a policy which was followed through by his successors ( most notably his close friend Donald Dewar ) after his death.

The election was held on Saturday 21 October, only 72 hours after Dewar ’ s funeral and the surprise result saw Jack McConnell defeated with 36 votes to Henry McLeish ’ s 44 votes.

He sought the NDP nomination for Hamilton Mountain after Deans's retirement in 1986, but lost to Marion Dewar.

Dewar was a peace activist and campaigner for nuclear disarmament, and, for example, picketed the U. S. Embassy in Ottawa after the invasion of Grenada.

On Friday afternoon September 12, 2008, Dewar was rushed to a Toronto hospital after suffering a serious fall and subsequent brain hemorrhage.

The first elections to the Scottish Parliament were held on 6 May 1999, with Dewar leading the Scottish Labour Party against their main opponents, the SNP under Alex Salmond.

A deal was agreed with the Scottish Liberal Democrats to form a coalition, with Dewar agreeing to their demand for the abolition of up-front tuition fees for university students.

In both countries, actual by-elections where voters go to the polls to vote for their preferred candidate only take place to fill a vacancy in a constituency seat, such as on the death of Donald Dewar, which resulted in a by-election for the constituency of Glasgow Anniesland.

" In recognition of the design's success the RAC awarded Daimler their coveted Dewar Trophy.

Notable scientists who have worked there include Sir Humphry Davy ( who discovered sodium and potassium ), Michael Faraday, James Dewar, Sir William and Sir Lawrence Bragg ( who won the Nobel prize for their work on x-ray diffraction ), Max Perutz, John Kendrew, Antony Hewish and George Porter.

Those include cyclobutane – pyrimidine dimers ( CPDs ) and 6 – 4 photoproducts ( 6 – 4PPs ) and their Dewar valence isomers.

In the first elections to the Scottish Parliament on 6 May 1999, the Scottish Labour Party, led by Donald Dewar, won 56 seats out of 129, well ahead of their main opponents, the SNP under Alex Salmond, with 35 seats.

Not having a majority in Parliament, the party formed a coalition government with the Scottish Liberal Democrats, with Dewar agreeing to their demand for the abolition of up-front tuition fees for university students as the price for a coalition deal.

A clerihew much appreciated by chemists is cited in Dark Sun by Richard Rhodes regarding the inventor of the thermos bottle ( or Dewar flask ):

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While Dewar was recognised as the inventor, because he did not patent his invention there was no way to stop Thermos from using the design.

* James Dewar, British chemist and physicist ( inventor of the Dewar flask or vacuum flask )

* James Dewar, Scottish chemist and physicist ( 1842-1923 ), inventor of the vacuum flask

Amongst the many notable pupils at the Academy include James Dewar, the inventor of the vacuum flask, as were the grandsons of Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia, second Presiding Officer ( Speaker ) of the Scottish Parliament, George Reid, BBC Gaza correspondent Alan Johnston and political journalist for The Scotsman, the News of the World and The Spectator magazines, Fraser Nelson.

* Sir James Dewar, inventor of the vacuum flask

By 1908, James Dewar and H. Kamerlingh Onnes were successfully able to liquify hydrogen and then newly-discovered helium, respectively.

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* 1923 – Sir James Dewar, Scottish chemist ( b. 1842 )

* March 27 – Sir James Dewar, Scottish chemist ( b. 1842 )

Sir James Dewar FRS ( 20 September 1842 – 27 March 1923 ) was a Scottish chemist and physicist.

James Dewar was born in Kincardine-on-Forth in 1842, the youngest of six boys.

Sir James Dewar at work

James Dewar died in London in 1923, still holding the office of Fullerian Professor of Chemistry at the Royal Institution, having refused to retire.

* Bellis, Mary, " Inventors Sir James Dewar " from about. com

* Meiklejohn, William, " Tulliallan: Four lads o ’ pairts: Sir James Dewar ( 1842-1923 )" from the Kincardine Local History Group

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