Background
He was born in Cheriton Bishop, Devon the son of the Revd. His father was Rector of Cheriton Bishop.
consulting engineer naval architect
He was born in Cheriton Bishop, Devon the son of the Revd. His father was Rector of Cheriton Bishop.
He was educated at home and then from the age of 11 to 16 at a school in Harlow, Essex.
William and Margaret (née Froude) Mallock. After a further period of private tutoring he went up to Street Edmund"s College, Oxford. The military and the Railway Companies constantly sought his help.
Amongst many other commissions he designed equipment to measure earth tremors caused by railways, slight movements in Street Paul"s cathedral and several bridges.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1903. His candidature citation read: "Consulting Engineer.
An original investigator and experimentalist in various branches of physical science, who has invented and improved many instruments of high scientific value. Author of the following papers: "Measurement of a Body under Strain" (Proc Roy Social, Number 197, 1879).
"Action of Cutting Tools" (ibid Number 217, 1881).
"Shape of Drilled Holes" (ibid, Number 226, 1883). "Viscosity of water" (ibid, volume 45, 1888). "Properties of Indian Rubber" (ibid, volume 46, 1889).
"Young"s Modulus for Crystals" (ibid, volume 49, 1891).
"Instability of Distended Tubes" (ibid). "Insect Sight" (ibid, volume 55, 1893).
Experiments on "Fluid Viscosity" (Philosophy Transport, volume 187(A), 1896). Also of Papers published in Reports, Brit Associate
Transport Institute Nav Architecture; and other Scientific Journals, &c." A supplemetary citation read: "The skill and insight exhibited by Mr Mallock in work done for the Vibration Committee appointed about two years ago by the Board of Trade was acknowledged in highly laudatory terms in the Report of the Committee.
In 1907, he published a paper on what would later be known as the von Karman vortex street. He served on the Council of the Royal Society from 1910-1912. After his death his widow presented the Royal Society with the sextant that had belonged to Brunel.
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He was a civilian member of the Ordnance Committee and tackled many problems of ballistics and the design of ordnance.
