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MS 094 – BOAS, WALTER (1904-82)

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1. Folder of documents concerning his career. Contents:
   • Technische Hochschule, Berlin, October 1922 - January 1928

   • Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Metallkunde, April 1928 - 31 December 1932

   • Fribourg, Switzerland, 1 January 1933 - 31 December 1935

   • Towards a position in Melbourne, including London, November 1937 - March 1938, arrival in Melbourne May 1938

   • University of Melbourne:

     Carnegie lecturer 1938-40
     Senior lecturer 1940-47
     Naturalisation March 1944

   • CSIRO - appointments to Principal Research Officer 1947 and Chief 1949

   • Testimonials and references

2. Thesis on a research project for the Diploma of Engineering (Physics), Technische Hochschule, Berlin, 1927

3. Original X-ray diffraction films, measurements, calculations and notes of X-ray intensities and lattice parameters for several publications 1932-37

4. Correspondence with scientists concerning the International Conference on Electron Diffraction and the Nature of Defects in Crystals, Melbourne, August 1965

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1. Reports and memoranda 1943-77

2. International Committees etc.
   IUPAP
   National Committee for Physics
   ICSU
   International Union of Crystallography
   ACTA Metallurgica
   Wear
   Institute of Metals, London
   John Lysaght

3. Lecture notes:
   • “Plastic deformation of crystals”, Harvard, February-April 1956

   • “X-ray diffraction”, Aeronautical Research Labs, 1946 or 1947

   • Lectures and addresses 1939-78

   • Lectures and addresses 1939-78

   • Addenda to Personal Record - closed until his death

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