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Burstall, Aubrey Frederic (1902 - )
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Born: 15 January 1902
Aubrey Frederic Bursrtall was Professor of Engineering at the University of Melbourne from 1937 to 1946. He developed mechanical respirators for the infantile paralysis epidemic of 1937-1938 and gas producers for motor vehicles. He was conferred a Doctor of Science (DSc) by the University at some stage. Before and after his post in Australia, Burstall worked in the UK where he was educated at the universities of Birmingham (MSc) and Cambridge (PhD).
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1923 - 1925Research Investigator with the Engineering Department at the University of Cambridge, UK
1928 - 1934Research Engineer then Works Engineer, Assistant Engineer, Deputy Chief Engineer at Imperial Chemical Industries (Billingham Works), UK
1937 - 1946Professor of Engineering at the University of Melbourne
1941 - 1944Member of the State Electricity Commission of Victoria
1946 - Professor of Mechanical and Marine Engineering at King's College in Newcastle-on-Tyne, UK

 
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Published by The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre on ASAPWeb, 1994 - 2007
Originally published 1994-1999 by Australian Science Archives Project, 1999-2006 by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
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