Person
Williams, James Hartwell (1809 - 1881)
- Born
- 22 June 1809
Augusta, United States of America - Died
- 31 December 1881
St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Merchant
Summary
James Hartwell Williams co-patented a method for 'Improvements in the Manufacture of artificial Ice'.
Skip to
Details
Chronology
- 1834 -
- Life event - Migrated to Australia (Sydney)
- 1834 - 1836
- Career position - Commission agent
- 1836 - 1858
- Career position - First United States consul to an Australian colony
- 1858
- Career position - Resigned
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
- Potts, Annette, 'Williams, James Hartwell (1809-1881)' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 6: 1851 - 1890 R - Z, Bede Nairn, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1976), pp. 404-405. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A060437b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Nicolle, Eugene Dominique and Williams, James Hartwell, 'Improvements in the Manufacture of artificial Ice. (Patent, 12 March, 1862)', Specifications of Letters of Registration of Patents for Inventions - South Australia, 1 (25) (1848-68). Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q24204955. Details
- 'Williams, James Hartwell (1809-1881)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1469161. Details
Annette Alafaci
Created: 18 October 2006, Last modified: 7 February 2011