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Steel, W.H. (1920 - )

Physicist

W. H. Steel worked on optical munitions design for the Optical Munitions Panel and became an international expert in interferometry.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1940 Mathematics and Physics studies at the University of Melbourne
1940s Australasian Wireless Association
c. 1945 - 1985 Joined the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) National Standards Laboratory
1972 - 1975 President of the International Commission for Optics
1986 - Honorary Professorial Fellow at Macquarie University

Online Sources

Published Sources

'Steel, W.H.', in The Giant's Eye: the Optical Munitions Exhibition, A Bright Sparcs Exhibition, Australian Science Archives Project, 1997, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/omp/people/steel.htm. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: Rosanne Walker
Created: 30 June 1997
Modified: 29 August 2006

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