Biographical entry Pirani, Frederick Joy (1850 - 1881)

Summary

Frederick Joy Pirani lectured in mathematics and logic at the University of Melbourne. During his career he wrote at least two text books and several research articles. He may have written at least one article for Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria.

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Events

1871

Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA) completed at the University of Melbourne

1873

Education - Master of Arts (MA) completed at the University of Melbourne

1873 - 1874

Career position - Lecturer in Mathematics and Logic at the University of Melbourne

1875 - 1881

Career position - Lecturer in Logic and Natural Philosophy at the University of Melbourne

Published resources

Journal Articles

• Pirani, Frederic Joy, 'Sir William Thomson's Form of Daniell's Constant Battery', Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, vol. 15, Wilson & Mackinnon, Melbourne, 1879, p. 14. Details

Online Resources

• 'Pirani, Frederick Joy', 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/P001781p.htm. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'Pirani, F J', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-497958. 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=P001781. Details