John Milne

British geologist, mining engineer and inventor of the horizontal pendulum seismograph (1850-1913) · Scientists · Died at 62

John Milne was a British geologist and mining engineer who worked on a horizontal seismograph.

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A life in dates

1913Died31 July 19131908Royal MedalAward1906Royal Society Bakerian MedalAward1894Lyell MedalAward1850Born30 December 1850

Also in Deutsch

Royal Medal1908

Royal Society Bakerian Medal1906

Lyell Medal1894

Fellow of the Royal Society

Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd class

Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi