Stephen JF Plowman
has emblazoned the above as part of his
work on Scottish Dewar arms
[ © 2008
Stephen Plowman. This
copyrighted image is
reproduced here by permission. ]
Gules, the
crosier
of St Fillan between a
water bouget
in the dexter and a
vacuum
vessel in the sinister Argent. On a chief of the last, three cinquefoils of the first.
- An Ordinary of Arms, Volume II 1902-1973 (Lyon Office)
19th June 1902 17/3
James Dewar is a Scottish chemist and physicist who is best remembered for the Dewar flask, the insulating container which he invented to store and transport liquefied gases at very low temperatures. In 1891, Dewar devised an industrial process to produce large quantities of liquid oxygen. In 1889, jointly with Sir Frederick Abel (1827-1902) James Dewar invented cordite, (a smokeless alternative to blackpowder).
