Metallurgy
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Metallurgy at the Ballarat School of Mines
In 1880 the Metallurgical Laboratory was described as being in very good condition, with 12 reducing furnaces, 3 cupel furnaces, and a small blast-furnace. The students were suplied with fuel, pots, balances, pestles, mortars and sieves for triturating and thoroughly mixing the ores operated upon. [1]
The 1880 course of study embraced:
- theoretical and practical Metallurgy including Electro-Metallurgy.
- Assaying in all it's branches, including gold and silver assaying, the examination of clays, fuels necessary for use in the Laboratory, and technical works. Twelve student could be accommodated in this class, and a furnace placed at the disposal of each.
Apparatus was supplied to any student conducting different methods of wet assays.[2]
The work performed the the Ballarat School of Mines Metallurgical Laboratory in 1880 was:
- Assays of gold and silver - 1390
- Assays of minerals - 200
- Gold melted - 33,300 ozs
- Silver melted - 600 ozs[3]
Staff Members
- 1873-1880 Joseph Flude, Metallurgy, Assaying, Chemistry
- 1873-1893 William E. Burbidge, Lecturer and Demonstrator in Metallurgy and Assaying.
- 1881 Felix Ratte
- 1881-1922 Alfred Mica Smith, Metallurgy, Chemistry, Ore Dressing
- 1923-1939 H.R.W. Murphy, Assaying and Cyaniding
- 1940-1941 R.M. Hannah, Assaying and Cyaniding
- 1941-1954 J.R. Allsop, Assaying and Cyaniding
- 1955-1956 M.F. Dewsnap[4]
Students
Cliff. E. Garrard - H. Lipson Hancock - Frederick Holst - H.R.W. Murphy - John Rowe - R. T. Vale
Ballarat School of Mines Certificate of Competency in Assaying (including Metallurgy)
| # | Name | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Frederick James Gromm | 1874 | |
| Alexander Hughes | 1874 | |
| Alexander Thompson Morrison | 1874 | |
| Richard Taylor Vale | 1874 | |
| Isaac Lewis(New Zealand) | 1875 | |
| Robert Malachy Serjeant | 1875 | |
| Samuel Ernest Figgis | 1875 | |
| Samuel Baird | 1875 | |
| John Rowe | 1875 | |
| Charles Flude | 1876 | |
| Matthew Dougald Hamilton | 1876 | |
| John Sharp | 1876 | |
| William Edward Burbridge | 1882 | |
| Stephen Harris | 1882 | |
| James Robert Bradshaw | 1883 | |
| William Thomas Henry Corbould | 1883 | |
| William Thomas Gronow | 1883 | |
| Arthur Edward Hogue | 1883 |
References
- ↑ Ballarat School of Mines Annual Report, 1880, p42.
- ↑ Ballarat School of Mines Annual Report, 1880, p42.
- ↑ Ballarat School of Mines Annual Report, 1880, p42.
- ↑ Ballarat School of Mines Annual Report, 1880, p42.
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--C.K.Gervasoni 09:57, 27 February 2014 (EST)
