Person
Lyster, Fleury James (1872 - 1948)
- Born
- 24 February 1872
Kilmore, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 14 October 1948
Lewisham, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Metallurgist
Summary
Fleury James Lyster worked for Zinc Corporation in Broken Hill from May 1907, constructing a new mineral processing mill of which he was appointed foreman. He developed a process of selective flotation of zinc and in 1912 the Zinc Corporation was operating the first commercial selective flotation plant in the world, using his process. On his retirement as mill superintendent in 1935 the company established the annual James Lyster scholarship.
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Published resources
Book Sections
- Fairweather, D.F., 'Lyster, Fleury James (1872-1948), metallurgist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 15: 1940 - 1980 Kem-Pie, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2000), pp. 144-145. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/lyster-fleury-james-jim-10883. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21537595. Details
- 'Lyster, Fleury James (1872-1948)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1462995. 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_l.html. Details
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Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 1 August 2006
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