Person
Cloud, Thomas Charles (1848 - 1918)
- Born
- 1848
Hackney, United Kingdom - Died
- 1918
Bournemouth, United Kingdom - Occupation
- Assayer and Metallurgist
Summary
Thomas Cloud was a metallurgist who, after completing his studies at the Royal School of Mines, moved to Australia and was appointed assayer at the Wallaroo Smelting Works (South Australia) in 1870. As Manager from 1883 to 1903 he was responsible for the design and layout of the works, recovery and smelting processes for copper, silver and gold, and manufacture of sulphuric acid. Following a study tour to Europe and America in 1890, Cloud introduced a number of innovations to the smelting processes. He resigned in 1903 and returned to the United Kingdom. His subsequent career was as metallurgist with several companies and ten years as a consultant metallurgical engineer. From 1907 to 1917 he was a member of council of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy.
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Chronology
- 1870 - 1883
- Career position - Assayer, Wllaroo Smelting Works
- 1883 - 1903
- Career position - Manager, Wallaroo Smelting Works
- 1903
- Life event - Returned to the United Kingdom
- 1904 - 1918
- Career position - Member, Institution of Mining and Metallurgy
- c. 1906 - 1908
- Career position - Metallurgist with Steinhart-operated laboratory in accumulator works of Pritchetts and Gold
- 1907 - 1917
- Career position - Member of Council, Institution of Mining and Metallurgy
- 1908
- Career position - Chairman, Steinhart and Vogel Complex Ore Process Ltd
- 1908
- Career position - Member, Steinhart, Vogel and Cloud
- 1911 - 1918
- Career position - Consultant metallurgical engineer
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
Journal Articles
- Cloud, T. C., 'Mineralogical notes from the laboratory of the Wallaroo smelting Works', Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 4 (1882), 50-57, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25233709. Details
- Cloud, T. C., 'The Wallaroo Smelting Works', Transactions of the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 16 (1906-1907), 55-88. Details
- Cloud, T.C., 'Note on Atacamite', The Chemical News and Journal of Physical Science, 34 (1876), 254. Details
- Cloud, T.C., 'Correction for Weighing in a Vacuum', The Chemical News and Journal of Physical Science, 35 (1877), 133-134. Details
- Cloud, T.C., 'On the Determination of Copper in "Ore Reducer" Slag', The Chemical News and Journal of Physical Science, 35 (1877), 259. Details
- Cloud, T.C., 'Note on the Artificial Production of Crystallised Atacamite', Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Philosophical Society of Adelaide, South Australia, 2 (1878), 80. Details
- Cloud, T.C., 'Mineralogical Notes', Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Philosophical Society of Adelaide, South Australia, 4 (1882), 50-56. Details
- Cloud, T.C., 'A Catalogue of South Australian Minerals', Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Philosophical Society of Adelaide, South Australia, 6 (1883), 72-93. Details
- Cloud, T.C., 'Mineral Census of Australasia: Report of Committee No. 7. Minerals of South Australia', Report of the second meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, 2 (1890), 217-232, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14563195. Details
- Cloud, T.C.; and Rogers, G.J., 'Notes from the Laboratory of the Wallaroo Smelting Works, South Australia', Report of the fifth meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, 5 (1894), 326-332, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15362522. Details
- Cloud, T.C.; and Rogers, G.J., 'The determination of copper; and the determination of antimony in antimonial pyrites', The Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry, 14 (1895), 303-304. Details
- Cowen, David, 'T. C. Cloud: mineralogist and collector', Australian journal of mineralogy, 20 (1) (2019), 17-28. Details
Resources
- 'Cloud, Thomas Charles', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1473300. Details
See also
Annette Alafaci and Helen Cohn
Created: 25 October 2006, Last modified: 29 March 2022