Person

Kirkland, John Booth (1860 - 1900)

Born
1860
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died
5 May 1900
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Chemist

Summary

John Kirkland spent almost twenty years at the University of Melbourne, first as a student then as an assistant and demonstrator in Chemistry. He wrote at least two chemistry articles during this time.

Details

Chronology

1878 - 1898
Career position - Assistant then Demonstrator in Chemistry at the University of Melbourne
1879 - 1880
Education - Bachelor of Science? (BSc) completed at the University of Melbourne

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

Journal Articles

  • Kirkland, J.B., 'Note on the Precipitation of Zinc Sulphide', Report of the second meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, 2 (1890), 397-398, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14563375. Details
  • Kirkland, J.B., 'Notes on the Spectra of Zinc and Cadmium', Report of the second meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, 2 (1890), 395-397, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14563373. Details
  • Kirkland, J.B., 'Note on the Electrolysis of the salts of Organic Bases', Report of the fourth meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, 4 (1893), 264-265, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15558727. Details
  • Kirkland, J.B., 'Lecture Experiment on Gaseous Diffusion', Report of the fourth meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, 4 (1893), 265-266, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15558728. Details
  • Kirkland, J.B., 'Occurrence of Gallium and Indium in a Blende from Peelwood, New South Wales', Report of the fourth meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, 4 (1893), 266-267, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15558729. Details
  • Kirkland, J.B., 'Note on the Volatility of Magnesium', Report of the fourth meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, 4 (1893), 263-264, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15558726. Details
  • Kirkland, John Booth, 'Remarks upon and Experiments with Faure's Secondary Battery', Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 18 (1882), 57-59. Details
  • Masson, David Orme and Kirkland, J.B., 'The Action of Bromine and Chlorine on the Salts of Tetraethylphosphonium', Journal of the Chemical Society, London, 55 (1889), 126-134. Details
  • Masson, David Orme and Kirkland, J.B., 'Preparation of the Salts of Triethylsulphine, Tetraethylphosphonium, and Analogous Bases', Journal of the Chemical Society, London, 55 (1889), 135-142. Details
  • Masson, David Orme and Kirkland, J.B., 'The Experimental Investigation of Osmotic Pressure', Report of the fifth meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, 5 (1894), 316, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15362512. Details
  • Masson, David Orme and Kirkland, J.B., 'The Experimental Investigation of Osmotic Pressure', Report of the fifth meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, 5 (1894), 316, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15362512. Details

Resources

Resource Sections

McCarthy, G.J.

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