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Born, 1810; BA; Entered family iron founding business aged 21; patented the 'buckled plate' (1852); Fellow of the Royal Society, (1854); Awarded Cunningham Medal of the Royal Irish Academy (1862); honorary MAI (Master of Engineering), University of Dublin (1862); honorary LLD, University of Dublin (1864); President, Institution of Civil Engineers of Ireland (1866); President, Geological Society of Dublin (1846); with his son John William Mallet, FRS compiled an earthquake catalogue amd seismic map of the world (1850-1858); was the first to determine an earthquake's epicentre (Naples, 1858); died, 1881.
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GB 0117 MS/224 1858 Collection (fonds) 2 boxes Mallet , Robert , 1810-1881 , civil engineer and mechanist
Born, 1810; BA; Entered family iron founding business aged 21; patented the 'buckled plate' (1852); Fellow of the Royal Society, (1854); Awarded Cunningham Medal of the Royal Irish Academy (1862); honorary MAI (Master of Engineering), University of Dublin (1862); honorary LLD, University of Dublin (1864); President, Institution of Civil Engineers of Ireland (1866); President, Geological Society of Dublin (1846); with his son John William Mallet, FRS compiled an earthquake catalogue amd seismic map of the world (1850-1858); was the first to determine an earthquake's epicentre (Naples, 1858); died, 1881.
Report to the Royal Society of London of the expedition into the interior of the Kingdom of Naples to investigate the circumstances of the Earthquake of December 1857, by Robert Mallet, CE, FRS.
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No publication without written permission. Apply to Archivist in the first instance.
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See the collection of photographs on the after effects of the earthquake, reference MS/225.
Copied from the Royal Society catalogue by Sarah Drewery.
General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.
Feb 2009. Mallet , Robert , 1810-1881 , civil engineer and mechanist Geology Disasters Natural disasters Earthquakes Royal Society Naples Italy Western Europe Europe Disasters (by type)
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Report to the Royal Society of London of the expedition into the interior of the Kingdom of Naples to investigate the circumstances of the Earthquake of December 1857, by Robert Mallet, CE, FRS.
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See the collection of photographs on the after effects of the earthquake, reference MS/225.
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General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.
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