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Biggs, Alfred Barrett (1825 - 1900)

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The following entries are from the History of Australian Science and Technology Bibliography.

Books

  • Orchiston, Wayne, Alfred Barrett Biggs and Amateur Astronomy in Tasmania, NACAA, Perth, 1983, 97-110 pp. [ Details ]

Book Chapters

  • George, Martin, 'Biggs, Alfred Barrett (1825-1900), Teacher, Bank Officer, Astronomer and Inventor', in Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. Supplement, Melbourne University Press, Carlton, 2005, p. 31. (Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/AS10039b.htm) [ Details ]

  • Orchiston, Wayne, 'The Astronomical Activities of Alfred Barrett Biggs of Launceston'.', in J. L. Perdix (ed.), Earth Tremors: proceedings of a seminar commemorating the centenary of instrumental seismology in Australia, Royal Society of Tasmania, Launceston, Tasmania, 1983, pp. 11-27. [ Details ]

Journal Articles

  • Orchiston, Wayne, 'The Contribution of Alfred Barrett Biggs to Australian and Tasmanian Astronomy', Records of the Queen Victoria Museum (Tasmania), vol. 89, 1985, pp. 1-28. [ Details ]


Online Sources

 

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