DILLON, James - British Association Member - 1884
James Dillon (1838-1916) was an Irish engineer, inventor and later the President of the Institution of Civil Engineers of Ireland.
Dillon attended the British Association's Montreal meeting where he presented a paper entitled "Dillon's Automatic Sounder" on Sept. 1, 1884. The "sounder" was designed to prepare nautical charts, sections or soundings of lakes, rivers or sea-coasts, etc.
Following the formal meeting he joined Sir Richard Temple and the many other excursionists that travelled to the Bell Farm. While Sir Richard signed the Bell Farm Visitor’s Register on Sept. 14th, James Dillon did not.
SOURCES:
Photo source and biography - "Called to Serve: Presidents of the Institution of Civil Engineers of Ireland 1835-1968", by Ronald Cox and Dermot O'Dwyer. - http://iae.ie/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Called_to_Serve.pdf - p. 104-105
"Montreal Gazette" - 17 Sept. 1884 - List of British Association Tour Members
"Irish Builder and Engineer" - An Irish Engineer and Inventor pg 288 / Oct 15, 1885 biography - https://books.google.ca/books?id=fzhJAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA288&dq=%22An+Irish+engineer+and+inventor%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjiw9Hj9dvtAhWjFVkFHd93CZ8Q6AEwAHoECAIQAg#v=twopage&q&f=false
"Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society", Vol. VI, 1884, p. 676 - Dillon's Automatic Sounder - https://books.google.ca/books?id=cBASAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=twopage&q&f=false
RESEARCH BY:
Michelle Cabana, Saskatoon, Sask.