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RICHARDSON, Joseph Falding

Born Melbourne 16 December 1916; died Melbourne 9 February 1989. Education, University of Melbourne (B.Sc. 1940; M.Sc. 1942). Trainee physicist, Optical Munitions Panel, 1940-43. Physicist, Dental Materials Research Laboratory, Melbourne, 1944-45. Research physicist, Commonwealth X-ray and Radium Laboratory (later Australian Radiation Laboratory) 1945-77; assistant director 1957-73; Head, Standards & Compliance Section 1973-76; acting director 1977.
  1. The fundamental principles of vision. Australian Journal of Dentistry, 48 (1944), 100-107.
  2. (With H.K. Worner) Impact tests on some dental vulcanites and acrylic resins using a guillotine-type machine. Australian Journal of Dentistry, 49 (1945), 96-102.
  3. (With H.K. Worner) A micro-hardness instrument for studying surface hardness. Australian Journal of Dentistry, 49 (1945), 217-222.
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