Corporate Body

CSIR Lubricants and Bearings Section (1939 - 1946)

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

From: November 1939
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
To: 1946
Functions: Industrial or scientific research

Summary

Established in 1939, the Lubricants and Bearings Section of CSIR was renamed the Tribophysics Section in 1946.

Timeline

1939 - 1946 CSIR Lubricants and Bearings Section
       1946 - 1948 CSIR Tribophysics Section
             1948 - 1978 CSIR/O Division of Tribophysics
                   1978 - 1986 CSIRO Division of Materials Science
                         1980 - 1997 CSIRO Division of Manufacturing Technology
                         1987 - 1997 CSIRO Division of Materials Science and Technology
                               1997 - 2002 CSIRO Division of Manufacturing Science and Technology
                               1997 - 2002 CSIRO Division of Manufacturing Science and Technology

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CSIR - Divisions, Sections and Units, Council For Scientific and Indusrial Research (1926 - 1949)

Related People

Bastow, Stewart Henry (1908 - 1964)
Officer-in-Charge 10 September 1945 - 1946
Bowden, Frank Philip (1903 - 1968)
Officer-in-Charge 1939 - 1945
Bowden, Frank Philip (1903 - 1968)
Frank Bowden worked at the Lubricants and Bearings Section of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research between 1939 and 1945.

Date: 1939 - 1945
Vines, Robert Godfrey (1921 - 2017)
1942 - 1946
Worner, Hill Wesley (1917 - 2002)
Research Metallurgist 1941 - 1942

Published resources

Books

Schedvin, C.B; Trace, K., Historical Directory of Council for Scientific and Industrial Research and Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, 1926-1976 (Canberra: CSIRO, 1978), 101 pp. https://csiropedia.csiro.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/csiro_historical_directory_1926_1976.pdf. Details

Resources

Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1471460. Details

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