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WEBSTER, Hugh Colin

Born Hobart 24 October 1905; died Sydney 28 December 1979. Education, University of Tasmania (B.Sc. 1926, D.Sc. 1941), University of Melbourne (M.Sc. 1928) and Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge (Ph.D. 1932). 1851 Exhibition scholar 1928-30. Assistant lecturer in physics, University of Bristol, 1931-33. Research physicist, C.S.I.R. Radio Research Board, 1933-37. Lecturer in biophysics, University of Queensland, 1937-47; Associate professor of radiation physics 1947-49; professor of physics 1949-70. Research physicist, C.S.I.R. Radiophysics Laboratory 1940-45; scientific liaison officer, U.K., 1941-43. President of the Australian Branch Institute of Physics 1958-59. Chairman, Radio Research Board, 1964-70. Counsellor (Scientific), Australian Embassy, Washington, U.S.A., 1970-72. C.M.G. 1959.
  1. The photographic measurement of the relative intensities of the Lalpha**1,alpha**2,alpha**3 lines of silver. Physical Society, London. Proceedings., 41 (1929), 181-191.
  2. Spark satellites of the Lalpha lines of silver. Physical Society, London. Proceedings., 41 (1929), 192-193.
  3. Capture of electrons by alpha -particles. Nature, 126 (1930), 352.
  4. (With N.A. de Bruyne) Note on the use of a thyratron with a Geiger counter. Cambridge Philosophical Society. Proceedings., 27 (1931), 113-115.
  5. The capture of electrons by alpha -particles. Cambridge Philosophical Society. Proceedings., 27 (1931), 116-130.
  6. Note on a high-tension supply for Geiger counters operated from A.C. mains. Cambridge Philosophical Society. Proceedings., 28 (1932), 121-123.
  7. Possible existence of a neutron. Nature, 129 (1932), 402.
  8. The artificial production of nuclear gamma -radiation. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, A, 136 (1932), 428-453.
  9. (With G.H. Munro) Nature of atmospherics. Nature, 134 (1934), 880, 897.
  10. (Abstract) (with G.H. Munro) Simultaneous observations of atmospherics at Toowoomba and Canberra. Radio Review of Australia, (February 1935), 22-23.
  11. (With G.H. Munro and A.J. Higgs) Simultaneous observations of atmospherics with cathode ray direction-finders at Toowoomba and Canberra. Australia. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. Bulletin., 89 (1935), Australia. Radio Research Board. Report. 8, 9-42.
  12. (With W.J. Wark and R.W. Boswell) A directional recorder for atmospherics. Australia. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. Bulletin., 100 (1936), Australia. Radio Research Board. Report. 10, 9-17.
  13. (With G.H. Munro and A.J. Higgs) Thunderstorms in the Tasman Sea and Coral Sea, March, 1934. Meteorological Magazine, 71 (1936), 59-62.
  14. (With T.H. Laby, F.G. Nicholls and A.F.B. Nickson) Reflection of atmospherics at an ionized layer. Nature, 139 (1937), 837-838.
  15. An aperiodic amplifier for investigating the wave-form of atmospherics. Physical Society, London. Proceedings., 49 (1937), 654-657; Australia. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. Bulletin., 127 (1939), Australia. Radio Research Board. Report. 14, 22-25.
  16. Applications of the modulating electrode of television cathode-ray tubes in investigations of the wave-form of atmospherics. Physical Society, London. Proceedings., 49 (1937), 658-662; Australia. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. Bulletin., 127 (1939), Australia. Radio Research Board. Report. 14, 26-30.
  17. The gamma -rays of polonium. Nature, 140 (1937), 852.
  18. (With G.H. Munro and A.J. Higgs) Fürther studies of directions of atmospherics at Toowoomba and Canberra. Australia. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. Bulletin., 127 (1939), Australia. Radio Research Board. Report. 14, 7-21.
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