Biographical entry Stone, William (1858 - 1949)

Summary

William Stone was an Engineer with the Victorian Railways 1883-1920 and Chief Electrical Engineer 1913-1920.He oversaw the electrification of Melbourne's suburban railway which occurred from 1912 to 1919.

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Archival resources

The University of Melbourne Archives

• William Stone - Records, 1893 - 1939; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Bolton, H. C., 'Stone, William (1858-1949), Electrical Engineer and Physicist', in John Ritchie (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 12, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1990, p. 101. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120117b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Stone, William, 'Presidential address 1901 (vol. III)', Proceedings of the Victorian Institute of Engineers vol. III, 1903, pp. 1-20. Also available at http://hdl.handle.net/11343/24280. Details
• Stone, William, 'Notes on a test of Parson's Steam Turbines, at Spencer Street Railway Station (Paper & Discussion)', Proceedings of the Victorian Institute of Engineers vol. III, 1903, pp. 65-69. Also available at http://hdl.handle.net/11343/24276. Details
• Stone, William, 'A few notes on the air pump (Paper & Discussion)', Proceedings of the Victorian Institute of Engineers vol. III, 1903, pp. 1-36. Also available at http://hdl.handle.net/11343/24273. Details
• Stone, William, 'Notes on and exhibit of a transmission dynamometer (Paper & Discussion)', Proceedings of the Victorian Institute of Engineers vol. IV, 1905, pp. 67-76. Also available at http://hdl.handle.net/11343/24295. Details

Online Resources

• 'Stone, William', 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/P000802p.htm. Details
• 'Stone, William', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1467112. Details