Person
Newbery, James Cosmo (1843 - 1895)
- Born
- 28 June 1843
Leghorn, Tuscany, Italy - Died
- 1 May 1895
St Kilda, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Industrial chemist and Public servant
Summary
James Newbery was appointed as analyst to the Geological Survey of Victoria in 1865 and then scientific superintendent of the Industrial and Technological Museum, Victoria in 1869. He was an authority on gold amalgamation.
Related entries
Archival resources
Public Record Office Victoria, Victorian Archives Centre
- James Cosmo Newbery - Records, 1870 - 1872; Public Record Office Victoria, Victorian Archives Centre. Details
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- Collins, David, Chemistry in 19th Australia - Select Bibliography, An exhibition of the Encyclopedia circa 2005 with assistance from Ailie Smith and Gavan McCarthy., eScholarship Research Centre (original publisher), Melbourne, 2009, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/ciab/ciab_ALL.html. Details
Book Sections
- Fowler, R. H., 'Newbery, James Cosmo (1843-1895), industrial chemist and public servant' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Douglas Pike, ed., vol. 5 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1974), p. 331. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A050378b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Dunn, E. J.; and Mahony, D. J., 'Biographical Sketch of the Founders of the Geological Survey of Victoria', Bulletins of The Geological Survey of Victoria, 23 (1910), 48. Details
- Newbery, J. Cosmo, 'The mineral waters of Victoria', Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 8 (1867), 278-83, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42368878#page/310/mode/1up. Details
- Newbery, J. Cosmo, 'The Manufacture of Paper from Native Plants', Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 8 (1867), 47-52, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42368647#page/79/mode/1up. Details
- Newbery, J. Cosmo, 'The Introduction of Gold to, and the Formation of Nuggets in, the Auriferous Drifts', Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 9 (1868), 52-60, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33869739#page/64/mode/1up. Details
- Newbery, J. Cosmo, 'A Method for the Manufacture of Chloride of Aluminium and Calcium, for Use as a Disinfectant', Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 10 (1874), 81, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33862902#page/163/mode/1up. Details
- Newbery, J. Cosmo, 'The Use of Bisulphide of Carbon as a Solvent in the Extraction of Vegetable Oils, &c.', Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 10 (1874), 135-138, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33862978#page/239/mode/1up. Details
- Newbery, J. Cosmo, 'Formation of Hyalite by the Action of Ammonia', Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 15 (1879), 49-51, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34012263#page/421/mode/1up. Details
- Newbery, J. Cosmo, 'Some New Localities for Minerals in Victoria', Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 16 (1880), 144-145, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33888215#page/194/mode/1up. Details
- Newbery, J. Cosmo, 'Notes on the Specification of a Recent Patent for the Manufacture of Gas', Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 18 (1882), 47, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34088444#page/255/mode/1up. Details
- Newbery, J. Cosmo, 'Notes on the Dressing of Tin Ore', Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 20 (1884), 99-102, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34090740#page/159/mode/1up. Details
- Newbery, J. Cosmo, 'Laboratory Report: Appendix C', Victoria Department of Mines, Annual Report of the Secretary (1885), 105-107. Details
- Newbery, J. Cosmo, 'Laboratory Report: Appendix C', Victoria Department of Mines, Annual Report of the Secretary (1885), 86-88. Details
- Newbery, J. Cosmo, 'The Examination of Waters', Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 22 (1886), 1-9, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33878395#page/263/mode/1up. Details
- Newbery, J. Cosmo, 'Laboratory Report', Victoria Department of Mines, Annual Report of the Secretary (1889), 24-27; 155-168. Details
- Newbery, J. Cosmo, 'Laboratory Report', Victoria Department of Mines, Annual Report of the Secretary (1890), 18-31. Details
- Newbery, J. Cosmo, 'Laboratory Report', Victoria Department of Mines, Annual Report of the Secretary (1892), 22-23. Details
- Newbery, J. Cosmo, 'Laboratory Report', Victoria Department of Mines, Annual Report of the Secretary (1893), 16-18. Details
- Newbery, J. Cosmo and Dunn, Frederic, 'Experiments Made on a Sample of Pig Iron Received from the British and Tasmanian Iron Company, Port Lempriere, Tasmania', Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 15 (1879), 43-49, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34012257#page/415/mode/1up. Details
- Newbery, J. Cosmo and Dunn, Mr., 'Milk analysis, Editorial, republication of an article in The Argus, March 27, 1876', The Australian Medical Journal, 21 (1876), 89-94. Details
- Newbery, J. Cosmo and Hopwood, George Manley, 'Report on water', The Australian Medical Journal, 22 (1877), 90-95. Details
- Newbery, J.C., 'Ores of Cobalt', Dicker's Mining Record, and Guide to the Gold Mines of Australia, 9 (1867), 239. Details
- Newbery, James Cosmo, 'Obituary', The Australasian Journal of Pharmacy, 10 (1895), 160. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6140331. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/92062135. Details
- 'Newbery, James Cosmo (1843-1895)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-499036. Details
See also
- Science and the making of Victoria, with Royal Society of Victoria, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/smv/index_n.html. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 12 February 2018
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