Person
Glass, Barnet (1849 - 1918)
- Born
- 1849
Walkivich, Russia - Died
- 18 March 1918
St Kilda, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Manufacturer
Summary
Barnet Glass began manufacturing rubber garments in Melbourne in 1882. The company, Barnet Glass & Sons Pty Ltd, was bought by the Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co. in 1905. By 1908 he had established a public company, Barnet Glass Rubber Co. Ltd, which manufactured tyres. The company merged in 1929 with the Dunlop Rubber Company .
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Published resources
Book Sections
- Thomson, Kathleen, 'Glass, Barnet (1849-1918), rubber manufacturer' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 9: 1891 - 1939 Gil-Las, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1983), p. 24. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/glass-barnet-6398. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21535912. Details
- 'Glass, Barnet (1849-1918)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1469792. Details
See also
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_g.html. Details
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Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 31 July 2006
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