Person
Steele, William Huey (1867 - 1950)
- Born
- 1867
Port Arlington, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 19 June 1950
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Electrical engineer and Minister of religion
Summary
William Steele lectured in technical electricity at Ballarat School of Mines 1894-1897 before spending the rest of his working life as a Presbyterian minister.
Details
Chronology
- 1890
- Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA), University of Melbourne
- 1891
- Award - 1851 Exhibition Science Research Scholarship
- 1892
- Education - Master of Arts (MA), University of Melbourne
- 1894 - 1897
- Career position - Lecturer in technical electricity, Ballarat School of Mines
- 1898 - 1900
- Career position - Theological Hall, Ormond College, Melbourne
- 1901
- Career event - Ordained minister, Presbyterian Church
- 1901 - 1916
- Career position - Minister, Presbyterian Church, Victoria
- 1916 - 1935
- Career position - Moderator, Presbyterian Church, Western Australia
- 1935 -
- Career position - Presbyterian Church, Victoria
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
Journal Articles
- Lyle, M.A.; Steele, W.H.; and Love, Ernst Frederick John, 'On Our Knowledge of the Thermodynamics of the Voltaic Cell', Report of the seventh meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, 7 (1898), 71-86, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15378005. Details
- Steele, W. Huey, 'On the Conductivity of a Solution of Copper Sulphate', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, New Series, 5 (1892), 134-140, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/301602. Details
- Steele, W. Huey, 'Physical Constants of Thallium', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, New Series, 5 (1892), 193-199, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/301605. Details
- Steele, W. Huey, 'Thermo-Electric Diagrams for Some Pure Metals', Report of the fifth meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, 5 (1894), 302-305, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15362496. Details
- Steele, William Huey, 'A New Thermoelectric Phenomenon', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 6 (1893), 120-132, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/301613. Details
- Steele, William Huey, 'Thermoelectric Diagram for Some Pure Metals', The Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science (1894), 218-226. Details
Resources
- 'Steele, W Huey (1867-1950)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-604325. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Steele, William Huey', 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/P001814p.htm. Details
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Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 22 April 2026
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