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BARRACLOUGH, Samuel Henry Egerton

Born Sydney 25 October 1871; died Sydney 30 August 1958. Education Sydney University (B.E. 1892) and Cornell University: (M.M.E. 1894). 1851 Exhibition scholar, 1892-95. Lecturer in charge of physics, Sydney Technical College, 1895-97. Assistant lecturer in mechanical engineering Sydney University 1897-1908; assistant professor 1908-15; professor 1915-41. President of the Institution of Engineers Australia, 1935. C.B.E. (mil.) 1919; K.B.E. 1920.
  1. The present position of the theory of the steam engine. Royal Society of New South Wales. Journal and Proceedings., 30 (1896), cxxxi.
  2. (With W.H. Warren) The effect of temperature on the tensile and compressive properties of copper. Royal Society of New South Wales. Journal and Proceedings., 31 (1897), 281-295.
  3. (With T.P. Strickland) Experimental investigation of the flow of water in uniform channels. Royal Society of New South Wales. Journal and Proceedings., 31 (1897), 356-376.
  4. (With J.A. Pollock) Note on a hollow lightning conductor crushed by the discharge. Royal Society of New South Wales. Journal and Proceedings., 39 (1905), 131-138.
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