Sutherland, William (1859 - 1911)

Books

• Osborne, W. A., William Sutherland: a Biography, Lothian, Melbourne, 1920. [ Details ]

Book Chapters

• Home, R. W., 'Sutherland, William (1859-1911), Theoretical Physicist and Physical Chemist', in John Ritchie (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 12, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1990, pp. 141-152. (Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120159b.htm) [ Details ]

Journal Articles

• Bolton, H. C.; Coller, B.A.W., 'Two Letters of William Sutherland to T. Brailsford Robertson: Ideas on the Electrical Conductivity of Proteins', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 9, no. 4, 1993, pp. 357-368. (Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9930940357.htm) [ Details ]

• Bolton, H. C.; Rae, Ian D., 'A Response to Intellectual Isolation: the Correspondence of W. A. Osborne and William Sutherland, 1905-1911', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 10, no. 4, 1995, pp. 323-335. (Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9951040323.htm) [ Details ]

• Home, R.W., 'Speculating About Atoms in Early 20^th Century Melbourne: William Sutherland and the "Sutherland-Einstein" Diffusion Relation', Australian Physics, vol. 42, no. 2, 2005, pp. 53-60. [ Details ]

• Home, R.W., 'William Sutherland and the "Sutherland-Einstein" Diffusion Relation: Theoretical Physics in a Colonial Setting', Historia Scientiarum, vol. 15, 2005, pp. 125-138. [ Details ]

• Spurling, T.H., 'William Sutherland - Australia's First Physical Chemist', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, vol. 41, no. 12, 1974, pp. 313-314. [ Details ]

• 'Sutherland, William - Ms 23', in Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings, Australian Academy of Science, 1994, http://www.science.org.au/academy/basser/lists/ms023.txt. [ Details ]
• 'Sutherland, William', in Physics in Australia to 1945, R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham, Australian Science Archives Project, June 1995, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/physics/P000814p.htm. [ Details ]