9183910LABY, Thomas Howell0public2020-01-23 01:15:312021-03-02 15:50:19130LABYOn arrival in Melbourne he joined the Melbourne Round Table group, to become its secretary until his death, and acting Dominion secretary in 1916-19, expressing through this movement and elsewhere his concern for Australia's Imperial war effort. He developed valves for an anti-gas respirator (accepted by the military authorities but not used in action) designed with W. A. Osborne and (Sir) D. O. Masson; he undertook radiographic testing of fuse for the Defence Department and inspected X-ray equipment for military hospitals; but he chafed at the shortage of scientific war-work. In 1918 Mr Justice Higgins engaged him to report on the training and classification of Commonwealth Public Service professional officers.[From ADB entry]Thomas Howell414T.H.70049186524LABY T.H. : Specific terms.Commonwealth advisor in Radium 1929 - 1937 @ University of Melbourne : Parkville [ VIC Australia ]9186924LABY T.H. : Specific terms.Attended Congress of the Universities of the British Empire 1936 - @ Cambridge University [ Cambridge England ]9187624LABY T.H. : Specific terms.Chairman of Optical Munitions Panel(later Scientific Instruments and Optical Panel) 1 Jul 1940 - @ Melbourne [ VIC Australia ]9187433LABY T.H. : Death 21 Jun 19469185027LABY T.H. : Science.D.Sc., 1921, University of Cambridge9185627LABY T.H. : Arts.B.A., 1907, University of Cambridge9184624LABY T.H. : Life.Birth 3 May 1880 - @ Creswick [ VIC Australia ]http://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000553b.htmhttps://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbm.1948.0009Attended Uni evening classes in chemistry, physics and mathematics and undertook research resulting in 2 papers published by The Royal Society of NSW, one with Sir Douglas Mawson. Won a research exhibition from Emmanuel College and the Joule Studentship of the Royal Society of Lonodon.Not listed in the Book of Remembrance or on the University of Melbourne Roll of Active Service. Mentioned in the University of Melbourne Calendar 1915-1916 as having given Home Service working with the Commonwealth Advisory Council of Science and Industry whilst working at the University. Professor Laby and his staff did a large amount of X-ray work for the Defence Department.9184737LABY T.H. : Junior Demonstrator in Chemistry 1901 - University of Sydney @ University of Sydney : Camperdown [ NSW Australia ]9184837LABY T.H. : Chair of Physics 1909 - Victoria University College @ Wellington [ New Zealand ]9185237LABY T.H. : Chair of Natural Philosophy 1915 - University of Melbourne @ University of Melbourne : Parkville [ VIC Australia ]9185337LABY T.H. : Staff 1898 - Department of Agriculture, NSW @ Sydney [ NSW Australia ]9186237LABY T.H. : Dean of Science 1926 - 1928 University of Melbourne @ University of Melbourne : Parkville [ VIC Australia ]470547064708Tables of Physical and Chemical Constants with some Mathematical Functions (London 1911) 14 editions9186869LABY, Thomas Howell : Royal Society London, 19319187169LABY, Thomas Howell : Institute of Physics, 19239187269LABY, Thomas Howell : Institute of Physics (Australian branch), 19399187769LABY, Thomas Howell : Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, 19126095His experience with X-rays and radium directed him towards problems in their medical use. He assisted in introducing radiology in the medical course. In 1925 he inquired into methods of cancer treatment during his visit to Europe and the United States of America, urging the foundation of a Melbourne centre modelled on the Paris Cancer Institute.8970
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