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LOVE, Ernest Frederick John

Born Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England, 31 October 1861; died Melbourne 9 March 1929. Education, St. John's College, Cambridge (B.A. 1883, M.A. 1888). Demonstrator in physics, Mason College, Birmingham, 1883-88. Lecturer in natural philosophy, University of Melbourne, 1888-1927. D.Sc., University of Melbourne, 1908.
  1. Spectra produced in glass by scratching. Nature, 32 (1885), 270-271.
  2. Note on M. Mascart's paper, 'On Magnetization'. Philosophical Magazine, S.5, 22 (1886), 46-47.
  3. (With C. Davison) On the need of combined action for the translation and publication of foreign scientific memoirs. Birmingham Philosophical Society. Proceedings., 5 (1885-87), 111-114.
  4. (With J. Poynting) On the law of the propagation of light. Birmingham Philosophical Society. Proceedings., 5 (1885-87), 354-363.
  5. On a method of discriminating real from accidental coincidences between the lines of different spectra, with some applications. Physical Society, London. Proceedings., 9 (1887-88), 94-100; Philosophical Magazine, S.5, 25 (1888), 1-6.
  6. Translation of H. von Helmholtz's 'Studies on electric boundary-layers' and 'On the thermodynamics of chemical processes - Parts I, II and III', in Physical Memoirs, 1, Pt. I (London, 1888), 1-97. (Physical Society of London)
  7. (With J. Poynting) Note in correction to a paper 'On the law of the propagation of light'. Birmingham Philosophical Society. Proceedings., 6 (1887-89), 168.
  8. (Abstract) Remarks on the arrangement of a galvanometer. Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science. Report of Meeting., 2 (Melbourne, 1890), 371.
  9. Report on the gravity survey of Australasia: with an appendix - Description of the apparatus to be employed in the gravity survey of Australasia. Royal Society of Victoria. Proceedings., 5 (1892), 218-221.
  10. (Abstract) On the construction of pendulum apparatus for differential observations of gravity. Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science. Report of Meeting., 5 (Adelaide, 1893), 243.
  11. Notes of psychophysical experiments. Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science. Report of Meeting., 5 (Adelaide, 1893), 664-665.
  12. Report of the Gravity Survey Committee of the Royal Society of Victoria: with an appendix - On the design of pendulum apparatus for differential observations of gravity. Royal Society of Victoria. Proceedings., 6 (1893), 213-220.
  13. Observations with Kater's invariable pendulums made at Sydney during January and February, 1894: with an appendix - On the stability of the pendulum standied Royal Society of Victoria. Proceedings., 7 (1894), 1-18.
  14. On the value of gravity at the Sydney Observatory. Royal Society of New South Wales. Journal and Proceedings., 28 (1894), 62-64.
  15. Library facilities of scientific investigators in Melbourne. Proceedings of the 2nd Intercolonial Library Conference, 1897, 204-206.
  16. On entropy meters. Royal Society of Victoria. Proceedings., 10 (1897), 91-96.
  17. (With T.R. Lyle) On our knowledge of the thermodynamics of the voltaic cell. Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science. Report of Meeting., 7 (Sydney, 1898), 71-86.
  18. The Joule-Thomson thermal effect: its connexion with the characteristic equation, and some of its thermodynamical consequences. Physical Society, London. Proceedings., 16 (1897-99), 454-464; Philosophical Magazine, S.5, 48 (1899), 106-115.
  19. Note on the determination of the thrust lines of a skew arch. Victorian Institute of Engineers. Papers and Discussions., 3 (1901-02), 58-68.
  20. Series in the nebular spectrum, and in the bright-line spectrum of Nova Persei. Royal Astronomical Society. Monthly Notices., 62 (1901-02), 524-527.
  21. The theory of temporary stars. Royal Society of Victoria. Proceedings., 15 (1902), 1-16.
  22. Cosmical repulsion. Being the address of the retiring President of the British Astronomical Association, Victoria Branch. Delivered April 7, 1904. Melbourne: Ford & Sons, 1904. 12pp.
  23. The theory of the voltaic cell. Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science. Report of Meeting., 11 (Adelaide, 1907), 44-56.
  24. (With G. Smeal) The psychrometric formula. Royal Society of Victoria. Proceedings., 24 (1911), 201-220.
  25. Note on the real significance of the Michelson-Morley experiment. Royal Society of Victoria. Proceedings., 31 (1919), 364-366.
  26. Gravity determinations in Australia. Royal Society of Victoria. Proceedings., 35 (1922), 90-96.
  27. Theory of relativity: the evidence from physics. Australian Journal of Psychology and Philosophy, 1 (1923), 20-27.
  28. The earth's effective rigidity: deduction from measures of earth tides. Proceedings of the 2nd Pan-Pacific Science Congress, Australia, 1923, vol. 1, pp.457-458.
  29. Acceleration of gravity at the Melbourne Observatory: supplementary note. Royal Society of Victoria. Proceedings., 36 (1923), 21.
  30. Notes on hydrogen ion concentration. Melbourne: University of Melbourne Press, 1925. 12pp.
  31. A low-lag thermocouple with a new type of insulation. Royal Society of Victoria. Proceedings., 38 (1926), 155-156.
  32. (With G.A. Cook, J.R. Vickery and W.J. Young) Studies on the refrigeration of meat. Australian Journal of Experimental Biology and Medical Science, 3 (1926), 15-31.
  33. Acoustics of public buildings. Australasian Builder (November 1927), 193-198.
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