Person
Sayce, Eric Loxton (1899 - 1984)
- Born
- 20 December 1899
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 2 September 1984
- Occupation
- Physicist
Summary
Eric Sayce was a physicist at the Munitions Supply Laboratories, Maribyrnong from 1924-196-, being Superintendent (Physics) from 1940-1952 and 1955-1960.
Details
Chronology
- 1923
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne
- 1924 - 1938
- Career position - Physicist, Munitions Supply Laboratories in Maribyrnong, Victoria
- 1938 - 1940
- Career position - Senior Physicist, Munitions Supply Laboratories
- 1940 - 1952
- Career position - Superintendent (Physics), Munitions Supply Laboratories
- 1955 - 1960
- Career position - Superintendent (Physics), Munitions Supply Laboratories
Related entries
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- Exhibition Papers, A Bright Sparcs Exhibition, Australian Science Archives Project, 1997, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/papers/exhib_papers.htm. Details
- The Giant's Eye: the Optical Munitions Exhibition, Australian Science Archives Project, 1997, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/omp/omp.htm. Details
Resources
- 'Sayce, Eric Loxton (18991220-19840902)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1477204. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Sayce, Eric Loxton', in Physics in Australia to 1945, R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham, Australian Science Archives Project, June 1995, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/physics/P000768p.htm. Details
- 'Sayce, Eric Loxton', in The Giant's Eye: the Optical Munitions Exhibition, A Bright Sparcs Exhibition, Australian Science Archives Project, 1997, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/omp/people/sayce.htm. Details
See also
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_s.html. Details
- Bolton, H. C., 'Optical Instruments in Australia in the 1939-45 War: successes and lost opportunities', Australian Physicist (1990). http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/papers/bolton2.htm. Details
- Mellor, D.P., 'Optical Munitions', Chapter 12 in Australia in the War of 1939-1945, Series 4: Civil, volume 5 'The Role of Science and Industry', Canberra: Australian War Memorial, 1958 (1958). http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/papers/mellor.htm. Details
- Wisdom, John, A History of Defence Science in Australia (Melbourne: Defence Science and Technology Organisation, 1995), 267 pp. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 10 July 2018
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