P000802 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

All key entry types: Awards; Concepts; Corporate Bodies (Organisations); Cultural Artefacts; People; etc

These key entries are listed separately below with other indexes and lists.

 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. and Helen Cohn updated 2025-05-27 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000802b.htm person Stone William AACR2 12 May 1858 25 January 1949 Place of Birth Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Place of Death Kew, Victoria, Australia Electrical engineer William Stone was an electrical engineer who, having joined the Victorian Railways in 1883, oversaw the electrification of Melbourne's suburban rail network. After a report commissioned by the Victorian Government recommended such electrification, Stone undertook a study tour of Europe, Britain and the United States. On his return to Melbourne, he embarked on the project in 1913: it was completed in 1919. In 1893 and 1917 Stone was involved in inquiries into the use of coal in the generation of electricity. The recommendations of the latter inquiry included the establishment of the State Electricity Commission and government generation and distribution of electricity for industrial development. Stone retired from the Victorian Railways in 1920 and pursued his other interests. These included assisting his friends H. G. Grayson in making ruling engines for microscope test plates and diffraction grating; and A. G. M. Michell with his crankless engine. Stone maintained his connection with the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Melbourne until 1937. 1883 1905 Career position - Electrical Foreman, Victorian Railways 1900 1900 Career position - President, Victorian Institute of Engineers 1903 1937 Career position - Member, Faculty of Engineering, University of Melbourne 1905 1912 Career position - Electrical and lighting engineer, Telegraph Branch, Victorian Railways 1913 1920 Career position - Chief Electrical Engineer, Electrical Engineering Branch, Victorian Railways 1917 1920 Career position - Member, Advisory Committee on the utilization of brown coal, Victorian Railways 1920 1920 Life event - Retired from Victorian Railways Michell, Anthony George Maldon (George) (1870 - 1959) Grayson, Henry Joseph (1856 - 1918) Victorian Railways, Colony and State of Victoria (1883 - 1983)

Chief Electrical Engineer, Electrical Engineering Branch, 1913 - 1920; Electrical and lighting engineer, Telegraph Branch, 1905 - 1912.

 Victorian Institute of Engineers (1883 - 1949)

President 1900

 Stone, Emma Constance (Constance) (1856 - 1902)

William and Constance were brother and sister

Wikidata

 Stone, William

Trove

 'Stone, William', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Stone, William Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource Section: Stone, William Stone, William Australian Science Archives Project 1995 Physics in Australia to 1945 R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham Book Section: Stone, William (1858-1949), electrical engineer and physicist Bolton, H. C. Stone, William (1858-1949), electrical engineer and physicist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1990 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 12: 1891 - 1939 Smy-Z John Ritchie 101 Journal Article: Notes on and exhibit of a transmission dynamometer (Paper & Discussion) Stone, William Notes on and exhibit of a transmission dynamometer (Paper & Discussion) 1905 Proceedings of the Victorian Institute of Engineers vol. IV 67-76 Journal Article: Presidential address 1901 (vol. III) Stone, William Presidential address 1901 (vol. III) 1903 Proceedings of the Victorian Institute of Engineers vol. III 1-20 Journal Article: Notes on a test of Parson's Steam Turbines, at Spencer Street Railway Station (Paper & Discussion) Stone, William Notes on a test of Parson's Steam Turbines, at Spencer Street Railway Station (Paper & Discussion) 1903 Proceedings of the Victorian Institute of Engineers vol. III 65-69 Journal Article: A few notes on the air pump (Paper & Discussion) Stone, William A few notes on the air pump (Paper & Discussion) 1903 Proceedings of the Victorian Institute of Engineers vol. III 1-36 Journal Article: A proposed method for solving some problems in lubrication - II (Illustrated) Stone, William A proposed method for solving some problems in lubrication - II (Illustrated) 1921 Commonwealth Engineer 9 5 139-148 Journal Article: A proposed method for solving some problems in lubrication - I (Illustrated) Stone, William A proposed method for solving some problems in lubrication - I (Illustrated) 1921 Commonwealth Engineer 9 4 115-122 Journal Article: Condenser tube corrosion and erosion (Illustrated) Stone, William Condenser tube corrosion and erosion (Illustrated) 1920 Commonwealth Engineer 7 6 171-172 Journal Article: Grayson's micro rulings Stone, W. Grayson's micro rulings 1934 Journal of scientific instruments 11 1 1-6 Journal Article: The Development of Ruling Engines in Melbourne, 1890-1940: a Link between Amateur and Professional Science Bolton, H. C. The Development of Ruling Engines in Melbourne, 1890-1940: a Link between Amateur and Professional Science 1987 Historical Records of Australian Science 6 4 493-505 Journal Article: William Stone (1858 - 1949): a pioneer in Australian radiology Russell, K. F. William Stone (1858 - 1949): a pioneer in Australian radiology 1975 Australasian radiology 19 3 216-22 William Stone - Records The University of Melbourne Archives William Stone - Records 1893 - 1939 Notes and technical reports 1893-1939; correspondence 1921-34 [1.5 m]. 1.5 m