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PIRANI, Frederick Joy

Born Birmingham, England, 23 December 1850; died Melbourne 6 August 1881. Education, University of Melbourne (B.A. 1871, M.A. 1873). Lecturer in maths and logic, University of Melbourne, 1873-74; lecturer in logic and natural philosophy 1875-81.
  1. On some processes of scientific reasoning. Royal Society of Victoria. Transactions and Proceedings., 12 (1874-75), 23-32.
  2. The parts of speech. Melbourne Review, 1 (1876), 470-475.
  3. On force. Royal Society of Victoria. Transactions and Proceedings., 14 (1877), 3-6.
  4. On a modification of Mance's method of measuring the resistance of a battery. Royal Society of Victoria. Transactions and Proceedings., 18 (1881), 3-5.
  5. On a form of tangent galvanometer suitable for measuring powerful currents. Royal Society of Victoria. Transactions and Proceedings., 18 (1881), 6.
  6. (With H.M. Andrew) Euclid, books I and II, with symbols, notes and exercises. Melbourne: Mason, Firth & M'Cutcheon, 1878. 8o. (Australian Grammar School Series). 71pp. 2nd edition 1879. 3rd edition 1880. 4th, enlarged edition, Euclid, books I, II and III: with symbols, notes and exercises (Melbourne: Mason, Firth & M'Cutcheon, 1882), 115pp.; also (published separately) Euclid, book III: with symbols, notes and exercises (Melbourne: Mason, Firth & M'Cutcheon, 1882), iv + 44pp. 9th edition 1892.
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