Person
Osborne, John Walter (1828 - 1902)
- Born
- 20 February 1828
Ireland - Died
- 20 November 1902
Palo Alto, California, United States of America - Occupation
- Inventor
Summary
John Osborne experimented in photolithography and patented new techniques. On 1 March 1858 he joined the Magnetic Survey Department in Melbourne and a year later was appointed official photolithographer.
Details
Chronology
- 1858
- Career position - Assistant, Magnetic Survey, Flagstaff Observatory, Melbourne
Related entries
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
- Gittins, Jean, 'Osborne, John Walter (1828-1902), inventor' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 5: 1851 - 1890 K-Q, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1974), pp. 375-376. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A050431b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Kenyon, S., 'Photo-lithography - a Victorian invention', Victorian Historical Magazine, 11 (1926). Details
- Osborne, J. W., 'Details of a photolithographic process, as adopted by the government of Victoria, for the publication of maps', Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science (Cambridge, October, 1862), 32 (1863), 49-50. Details
- Osborne, J. W., 'On the essential oils and resins from the indigenous vegetation of Victoria', Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science (Cambridge, October, 1862), 32 (1863), 48-49. Details
- Osborne, J.W., 'Lecture on the Manufacture of Stearine', Quarterly Journal and Transactions of the Pharmaceutical Society of Victoria, 2 (1859-1860), 105-110. Details
- Osborne, J.W., 'Chemical Application of the Blowpipe', Quarterly Journal and Transactions of the Pharmaceutical Society of Victoria, 2 (1859-1860), 3-10. Details
- Osborne, John Walter, 'On a New Photo-Lithographic Process', Transactions of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria, 4 (1860), 172-183. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21535829. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/45412430. Details
- 'Osborne, John Walter (1828-1902)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1467049. Details
See also
- Science and the making of Victoria, with Royal Society of Victoria, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/smv/index_o.html. Details
- Darragh, Thomas A., Engravers and lithographers in colonial Victoria: a directory (Melbourne: Ancora Press, 2023), 321 pp. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 12 February 2018
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