Person
Hancock, Henry Richard (1836 - 1919)
- Born
- 1 April 1836
Horrabridge, Devon, England - Died
- 14 January 1919
Burnside, South Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Assayer and Surveyor
Summary
Henry Hancock was superintendent of the Moonta Mining Co. 1864-1889 and general manager of the amalgamated Wallaroo and Moonta Mining and Smelting Co. 1889-1898. He designed and patented a percussion drill driven by compressed air and capable of boring forty feet of shot-holes in an eight-hour shift. For separating sulphides from the ores he made and patented a jigger which was also used later at Broken Hill.
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Published resources
Book Sections
- Pryor, Oswald, 'Hancock, Henry Richard (1836-1919), mine superintendent' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 4: 1851 - 1890 D-J, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1972), pp. 333-334. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A040380b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21538984. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/28340177. Details
- 'Hancock, Henry Richard (1836-1919)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1464449. 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_h.html. Details
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Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 2 March 2018
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