Sir James Alfred Ewing MInstitCE was a Scottish physicist and engineer, best known for his work on the magnetic properties of metals and, in particular, for his discovery of, and coinage of the word, hysteresis.

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Occupation: civil engineer, physicist, engineer, university teacher
Position held: foreign government advisor in Meiji Japan, President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, President of the British Science Association
Citizenship: United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Born: March 27, 1855
Died: January 7, 1935

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Alfred Ewing

British physicist and engineer (1855-1935)

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Occupation: civil engineer, physicist, engineer, university teacher
Position held: foreign government advisor in Meiji Japan, President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, President of the British Science Association
Citizenship: United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Born: March 27, 1855
Died: January 7, 1935

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