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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2019-10-03 human Ken McInnes updated 2026-05-21 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006593b.htm person Moon Allan Ramsay AACR2 18 September 1898 15 December 1951 Place of Birth Victoria, Australia Place of Death At Sea Civil engineer Structural engineer Allan Ramsay Moon BA BCE MIStructE MInstW AMIEAust, better known as Ramsay Moon, was a pioneer in the development and application of electric arc welding in Australia, which at that time, was leading the world in welding. He moved to England in 1931 and published his book "The Design of Welded Steel Structures" Pitman, 1939, that furthered the acceptance and worldwide adoption of standardised practices of electric arc welding. Through his roles with the Admiralty and the Ministry of Supply during the Second World War, electric welding became widespread across the United Kingdom. After the War, he was the first Director of Research at the British Welding Research Association (BWRA), at Cambridge, which later evolved into The Welding Institute (TWI).

In 1929, working with the E.M.F. Electric Co. Pty. Ltd. he wrote a key paper that brought together for the first time the theory, practice, technology, research, design and standards of "Electric Arc Welding", first published in 'The Commonwealth Engineer', then later republished separately.

He is recognised and memorialised in the "Ramsay Moon Conference Centre" at Abington Hall, Cambridge, United Kingdom, and in the bronze "A Ramsay Moon Medal" awarded by the Australian Welding Institute for best paper published each year.

1923 1923 Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA), University of Melbourne 1923 1923 Education - Bachelor of Civil Engineering (BCE), University of Melbourne c. 1924 1929 Career position - Engineer, Robert Bryce & Co. Ltd, agent for Quasi-Arc Co. Ltd. 1929 1931 Career position - Technical Director, EMF Electric Co. Pty. Ltd. 1931 1931 Life event - Moved to England 1933 1939 Career position - Structural engineer, Murex Welding Processes Ltd. c. 1934 c. 1934 Career event - Member (MInstW), Institute of Welding, England 1934 1934 Award - Warren Memorial Prize 1930, Institution of Engineers Australia 1937 1937 Career event - Secretary, Institute of Welding c. 1938 c. 1938 Career event - Member (MIStructE), Institution of Structural Engineers, London 1939 1939 Publication - Book: "The Design of Welded Steel Structures" 2nd ed. 1948, reprinted 1958, 1962 c. 1939 c. 1945 Career position - Officer-in-charge, Advisory Service in Welding, Ministry of Supply, UK. c. 1940 c. 1940 Career event - Advisor for establishing, Welding Training School, Portobello, near Edinburgh Scotland c. 1940 c. 1945 Career position - Secretary, Admiralty Shipbuilding Committee, London, UK. 1946 c. 1947 Career position - Foundation Director, Research Station, British Welding Research Association, Abington, near Cambridge, England 1947 c. 1948 Career position - Welding Consultant, Canadian Institute of Steel Construction c. 1948 c. 1948 Career position - Investigating Welding, United States of America 1951 1951 Career position - Consultant, Department of National Development, Australia Chapman, Wilfrid Dinsey (1891 - 1955)

Chapman and Moon graduated together at the University of Melbourne, and both became pioneers and leaders in the development and application of electric arc welding.

 Blackwood, Robert Rutherford (1906 - 1982)

Blackwood's detailed research on the strength of welded joints was a foundation for the successful adoption of electric arc welding, championed by Ramsay Moon.

 W. H. Warren Medal, Institution of Engineers, Australia (1926 - )

Awarded Warren Memorial Prize 1930, for the paper "Control of quality in electrically welded steel structures" Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, vol.2, no.7, Jul 1930, pp.258-265.

 'Moon, Allan Ramsay', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Moon, Allan Ramsay Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Control of quality in electrically welded steel structures (Discussions and communications) Moon, Allan Ramsay (Veale, W. C. D.; Stobie, J. C.; Cotton, A. F.; Hursthouse, C. F.; Gibb, A. J.; Chapman, W. D.; Lang, E.) Control of quality in electrically welded steel structures (Discussions and communications) 1930 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 2 11 434-435 Journal Article: Award of Prizes [Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal 1933; Warren Memorial Prize -second; Edward Noyes Prize 1931] Award of Prizes [Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal 1933; Warren Memorial Prize -second; Edward Noyes Prize 1931] 1933 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 5 12 430 Journal Article: Fourteenth Annual Report [1933] Institution of Engineers Australia Fourteenth Annual Report [1933] 1934 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia MacLean, E. S. 6 4 121-126 Journal Article: The Ramsay Moon Medal Witt, E. H. The Ramsay Moon Medal 1973 Australian Welding Journal March/April 1973 27-29 Journal Article: Control of quality in electrically welded steel structures Moon, Allan Ramsay Control of quality in electrically welded steel structures 1930 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 2 7 258-265