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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2006-10-26 human Annette Alafaci updated 2024-02-07 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004842b.htm person Barton Robert FCS AACR2 1839 1930 Place of Birth London, United Kingdom Place of Death Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Assayer Robert Barton was Deputy Master of Royal Mint's Melbourne branch from 1895. He joined the Mint when it first opened in 1869 as one of only two assayers and helped refine and speed up the process of assaying precious metals. It is thought that before joining the Mint he worked as an assayer for the Bank of England. Barton was a Fellow of the Chemical Society and a member of the Royal Society of Victoria from 1872. 1869 1887 Career position - Assayer at the Royal Mint in Melbourne 1872 Award - Fellow, Chemical Society of London (FCS) 1887 1895 Career position - Superintendent of the Royal Mint in Melbourne 1895 1904 Career position - Deputy Master of the Royal Mint in Melbourne Barton, Robert (1839-19301231)

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 'Barton, Robert', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Barton, Robert Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: On "Surcharge" of the Bullion Assay Barton, Robert On "Surcharge" of the Bullion Assay Melbourne Wilson & Mackinnon 1874 Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 12 89-92 Journal Article: Improvements in the Refining of Impure Commercial Sugar (Patent appl., date ??) Barton, C.T.; Barton R.; and Hardie, G. Improvements in the Refining of Impure Commercial Sugar (Patent appl., date ??) London Society of Chemical Industry 1882 The Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry 1 283 Journal Article: Weighing and Assay in the Early Days of the Melbourne Branch of the Royal Mint Bolton, H. C.; Williams, N. H. Weighing and Assay in the Early Days of the Melbourne Branch of the Royal Mint 2002 Historical Records of Australian Science 14 1 47-66