Person
Barton, Robert (1839 - 1930)
FCS
- Born
- 1839
London, United Kingdom - Died
- 1930
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Assayer
Summary
Robert Barton was Deputy Master of Royal Mint's Melbourne branch from 1895. He joined the Mint when it first opened in 1869 as one of only two assayers and helped refine and speed up the process of assaying precious metals. It is thought that before joining the Mint he worked as an assayer for the Bank of England. Barton was a Fellow of the Chemical Society and a member of the Royal Society of Victoria from 1872.
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Chronology
- 1869 - 1887
- Career position - Assayer at the Royal Mint in Melbourne
- 1872 -
- Award - Fellow, Chemical Society of London (FCS)
- 1887 - 1895
- Career position - Superintendent of the Royal Mint in Melbourne
- 1895 - 1904
- Career position - Deputy Master of the Royal Mint in Melbourne
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
- Barton, C.T.; Barton R.; and Hardie, G., 'Improvements in the Refining of Impure Commercial Sugar (Patent appl., date ??)', The Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry, 1 (1882), 283. Details
- Barton, Robert, 'On "Surcharge" of the Bullion Assay', Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 12 (1874), 89-92. Details
Resources
- 'Barton, Robert (1839-19301231)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476463. Details
See also
- Bolton, H. C.; Williams, N. H., 'Weighing and Assay in the Early Days of the Melbourne Branch of the Royal Mint', Historical Records of Australian Science, 14 (1) (2002), 47-66. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR02003. Details
Annette Alafaci
Created: 26 October 2006, Last modified: 26 March 2007