Person
Bruce, Colin Frank (1915 - 1990)
- Born
- 1915
- Died
- 10 August 1990
- Occupation
- Meteorologist and Physicist
Summary
Colin Bruce was a physicist who was appointed to the National Standards Laboratory in 1949 to initiate a program of research on interferometry. Much of his research was devoted to the search for improved precision in optical instruments. He was involved in international program to find a wavelength standard of length to replace the Prototype metre and represented Australia on the Consultative Committee for the Definition of the Metre from its inception to his retirement. Other work focused on the development of lasers and the properties of dielectric films. A number of his published papers became standard references in interferometric metrology.
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Chronology
- 1949
- Career event - Joined the National Standards Laboratory to establish research in interferometry
- 1962 - 1990
- Career position - Foundation Member, Australian Institute of Physics
- 1978
- Life event - Retired from CSIRO Division of Applied Physics
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Published resources
Journal Articles
- Ciddor, P. E., 'Obituary: Colin Frank Bruce 1915 - 1990', Australian physicist, 27 (11) (1990), 234. Details
Helen Cohn
Created: 24 September 2019