Career
Inwards managed the San Baldomero mine in Bolivia for Evans and Askin and then a mine in Spain for the Manganese Company. He reported on mines and mining projects in South America, Mexico, Norway, Austria, Spain, Portugal and England. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1861 and a Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society in 1862.
He served as president of the Royal Meteorological Society in 1894 and 1895.
