Person
Stuart, Herbert Akroyd (1864 - 1927)
- Born
- 2 January 1864
Halifax, Yorkshire, England - Died
- 19 February 1927
Claremont, Western Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Mechanical engineer
Summary
Herbert Stuart was inventor of the Hornsby-Akroyd hot-bulb heavy-oil engine. He migrated to Western Australia in 1900 to join his brother Charles. Together they helped formed the engineering firm Saunders & Stuart. Herbert Stuart invented the compression ignition oil engine two years earlier than Rudolf Diesel, patented in 1890. Before coming to Australia Stuart studied at the City and Guilds Technical college in Finsbury, UK, and then worked their as an assistant in the mechanical engineering department. He left the College to become Engineer and later Manager of Bletchley Iron and Tinplate Works - his father's company.
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Published resources
Book Sections
- Lutz, G.G., 'Stuart, Herbert Akroyd (1864-1927), mechanical engineer' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 12: 1891 - 1939 Smy-Z, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1990), p. 129. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120145b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q386972. Details
- 'Stuart, Herbert Akroyd (1864-1927)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1463943. Details
See also
- Aroney, M. J.; Buckingham, A. D., 'Raymond James Wood Le Fèvre 1905-1986', Historical Records of Australian Science, 7 (3) (1988), 273-297. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9880730273. Details
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Created: 30 June 1997, Last modified: 5 March 2018