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Biographical entry Kay, Joseph Henry (1815 - 1875)
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- Born
- 1815
London, England - Died
- 17 July 1875
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Magnetician and Geophysicist
Summary
Joseph Henry Kay worked as the Director of the Rossbank Magnetic Observatory in Hobart from 1840-53 and became known for his work on geomagnetism.
Archival resources
Archives Office of Tasmania
- Joseph Henry Kay - Records, 1841 - 1847, NS 37; Archives Office of Tasmania. Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- Green, Ronald, 'Kay, Joseph Henry (1815-1875), naval officer and scientist', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 2, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1967, p. 34. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A020031b.htm. Details
Online Resources
- 'Kay, Joseph Henry', in Physics in Australia to 1945, R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham, Australian Science Archives Project, June 1995, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/physics/P000530p.htm. Details
- National Library of Australia, 'Kay, Joseph Henry', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1466661. Details
See also
- Science and the making of Victoria, with Royal Society of Victoria, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/smv/scripts/smv-dynindex.php3?EID=P000530. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 1 August 2006
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