Bolton, Herbert Cairns (1921 - 2000)

Book Chapters

• Bolton, H. C., 'Grayson, Henry Joseph (1856-1918)', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 9, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1983, pp. 87-88. (Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090090b.htm) [ Details ]

• Bolton, H. C., 'Stone, William (1858-1949), Electrical Engineer and Physicist', in John Ritchie (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 12, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1990, p. 101. (Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120117b.htm) [ Details ]

• Bolton, H. C., 'Colechin, Lawrence Dickens (1895-1951), Optician', in John Ritchie (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 13, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1993, p. 462. (Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A130507b.htm) [ Details ]

• Bolton, H. C., 'Shephard, John (1852-1940), Manufacturing Engineer and Microscopist', in John Ritchie and Diane Langmore (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 16, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 2002, p. 229. (Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A160270b.htm) [ Details ]

• Bolton, H.C., 'Matthaei, Ernst Artur Franz Joseph (1904-1966), Optical Microscopist', in John Ritchie (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 15, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 2000, pp. 330-331. (Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A150390b.htm) [ Details ]

Journal Articles

• Bolton, H. C., 'J.J. McNeill [1916-1980] and the Development of Optical Research in Australia', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 5, no. 4, 1983, pp. 55-72. (Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9830540055.htm) [ Details ]

• Bolton, H. C., 'Some Themes in the Development of Optics in Australia', Australian Physicist, vol. 21, 1984, pp. 285-288. (Also available at http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/papers/bolton1.htm) [ Details ]

• Bolton, H. C., 'Two Scientific Instruments Restored', Australian Physicist, vol. 24, no. 2, 1987, pp. 38-40. [ Details ]

• Bolton, H. C., 'The Development of Ruling Engines in Melbourne, 1890-1940: a Link between Amateur and Professional Science', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 6, no. 4, 1987, pp. 493-505. (Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9870640493.htm) [ Details ]

• Bolton, H. C., 'The Development of Physics in Australia', Australian Physicist, vol. 25, 1988, pp. 43-48, 64-70. [ Details ]

• Bolton, H. C., 'Optical Instruments in Australia in the 1939-45 War: Successes and Lost Opportunities', Australian Physicist, vol. 27, no. 3, 1990, pp. 31-43. [ Details ]

• Bolton, H. C., 'A.M.G. Thom: Crossing the Gap between Amateur and Professional Science', Victorian Historical Journal, vol. 62, no. 1 & 2, 1991, pp. 51-59. [ Details ]

• Bolton, H. C., 'Twenty-five year Index to Historical Records of Australian Science and its Predecessor, Records of the Australian Academy of Science', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 9, no. 1, 1992, pp. 89-103. (Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9920910089.htm) [ Details ]

• 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.; Holland, Julian; Williams, N. H., 'The Grimwade Milligram Chemical Balance: an Early Australian Attempt to Establish a Scientific Instrument Industry', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 9, no. 2, 1992, pp. 107-117. (Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9920920107.htm) [ Details ]

• Bolton, H. C.; Phakey, P. P.; Rachinger, W. A., 'Historical Metallurgical Puzzle from the Last Years of the Melbourne Ruling Engines', Materials Forum, vol. 13, 1989, pp. 273-278. [ 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 ]

• Bolton, H. C.; Street, R., 'The Establishing of the Department of Physics at Monash University', Australian Physicist, vol. 23, no. 8, 1986, pp. 205-208. [ Details ]

• Bolton, H. C.; Williams, N. H., 'Weighing and Assay in the Early Days of the Melbourne Branch of the Royal Mint', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 14, no. 1, 2002, pp. 47-66. (Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR02003.htm) [ Details ]

• Bolton, H.C.; Coates, D.W., 'William Edwin James: Designer and Maker of Astronomical Optics', Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, vol. 13, 1996, pp. 258-267. [ Details ]

• Bolton, H.C.; Williams, Nicola H., 'Scientific Instrument Makers and Dealers in Victoria, 1840-1914', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 12, no. 1, 1998, pp. 15-82. (Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9981210015.htm) [ Details ]

• Bolton, H. C., 'Optical Instruments in Australia in the 1939-45 War: successes and lost opportunities', Australian Physicist, 1990, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/papers/bolton2.htm. [ Details ]