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    Is the Dewar whose name is on the famous whiskey related to scientist Sir John Dewar, who created the vacuum bottle?

    Question #11746. Asked by tjoebigham. (Apr 25 01 9:24 PM)


    Moleman

    The Scottish physicist and chemist Sir James Dewar (1842-1923) invented the thermal insolation device that made it possible to keep gases liquified in 1906. The vacuum flask is the everyday version of Dewar's device.
    I'll leave it to someone else to make the connection with the whiskey, now I've put you right on the name.

    Apr 27 01, 7:36 PM
    Stew54

    There's no indication of a link in the biographical information for Sir James Dewar, of which this is perhaps the best online:

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/dewar_james.shtml

    and the wikipedia entry is also useful:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Dewar

    Information about the origins of the company (John Dewar & Sons) who originally made the whisky is harder to come by, but that company was evidently founded in Perth whereas Sir James' family were innkeepers in Kincardine, near Stirling. Whilst it isn't impossible that there is a link, the two families seem not to be closely related. Dewar is not an especially uncommon name.

    Nov 12 04, 7:30 AM


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