Pirani, Frederick Joy (1850 - 1881)

Summary

Frederick Pirani lectured in mathematics and logic at the University of Melbourne. During his career he wrote at least two text books and several research articles. He may have written at least one article for Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria.

Details

Chronology

1871

Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA), University of Melbourne

1873

Education - Master of Arts (MA), University of Melbourne

1873 - 1874

Career position - Lecturer in Mathematics and Logic, University of Melbourne

1875 - 1881

Career position - Lecturer in Logic and Natural Philosophy, 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

• Pirani, Frederic Joy, 'Sir William Thomson's Form of Daniell's Constant Battery', Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 15 (1879), 14. Details

Resources

• 'Pirani, F J (18491102-18810806)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-497958. Details

Resource Sections

• 'Pirani, Frederick Joy', 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/P001781p.htm. Details

See also

• Science and the making of Victoria, with Royal Society of Victoria, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/smv/index_p.html. Details