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.
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Chronology
- 1878 - 1898
- Career position - Assistant then Demonstrator in Chemistry, University of Melbourne
- 1879 - 1880
- Education - Bachelor of Science? (BSc), 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
- 'Kirkland, John Booth (1860-1900)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475686. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Kirkland, John Booth', 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/P001717p.htm. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 1 March 2018
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