Miller, Francis Bowyer (1828 - 1887)

Summary

Francis Miller worked at the Royal Mint, Melbourne 1880-1884; he had previously spent 17 years as Assayer at Sydney Mint. He was a member of the Philosophical Society of New South Wales (later the Royal Society of New South Wales).

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

• Martin, Megan, 'Miller, Francis Bowyer (1828-1887)' in Australian dictionary of biography: supplement 1580 - 1980, with a name index to the Australian dictionary of biography to 1980, Christopher Cunneen, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2005), pp. 278-279. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/AS10341b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Martin, Megan, 'Mr Miller of the Mint: 'rather a clever, agreeable man'', Insites (2003), 4-5. Details
• Miller, F.B., 'On the Detection of Spurious Gold Dust', The Empire, Thurs., 19 July, 1860 , brief mention (1860). Details
• Miller, F.B., 'On the Application of Chlorine Gas to the Toughening and Refining of Gold', The Chemical News and Journal of Physical Science, 18 (1868), 234. Details
• Miller, F.B., 'On the Refining of Gold by Means of Chlorine gas', Transactions of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 3 (1869), 157-167. Details
• Miller, F.B., 'Gold Refining by Chlorine Gas', The Chemical News and Journal of Physical Science, 21 (1870), 229-231, 241-242. Details
• Miller, F.B., 'Obituary in Anniversary address by C.S. Wilkinson', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 22 (1888), 6-7. Details
• Miller, Francis Bowyer, 'On the Application of Chlorine Gas to the Toughening and Refining of Gold', Journal of the Chemical Society, London, 21 (1868), 506-513. Details
• Miller, Francis Bowyer, 'Improved method of toughening brittle gold bullion, &c (Patent, 8 Sept., 1873)', Specifications of Letters of Registration of Patents for Inventions - South Australia, 2 (185) (1868-74), 3. Details

Resources

• Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q24040822. Details
• Early Chemists of Sydney, 2006, http://members.optusnet.com.au/jph8524/McKern.htm. Details
• 'Miller, Francis Bowyer (1828-1887)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-625631. Details

See also

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