MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION
MS 185
BAYLISS, NOEL STANLEY (1906-1996)
Noel Bayliss was Professor of Chemistry, University of Western Australia 1938-
71. Prior to that he was a senior lecturer in chemistry at the University of
Melbourne 1933-37.
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1-6. Correspondence
1 March-December 1940
2 January-August 1941
3 September 1941 - September 1942
4 September 1942 - December 1943
5 January 1944 - June 1947
6 August 1950 - March 1956
7. Personal
7 Study leave 1969-70
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Personal (cont'd)
1 July 1970 - January 1971
2 February-June 1971
3 July-December 1971
4 January-September 1972
5 October 1972 - April 1973
6 May-October 1973
7 1974-79
8 1980-84
9 Blueprint for 9 ft V-bottom dinghy. Undated
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1-4. Scientific correspondence
1 Halogen problem. Correspondence 1950-54
2 Halogen correspondence 1955-59
3 Organic spectra correspondence 1952-56
4 Organic spectra correspondence 1957-63
5-8. Public addresses
5 Public addresses 1938-39
6 Public addresses 1940-46
7 Public addresses 1947-54
8 Public addresses 1955-58
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1-2. Public addresses (cont'd)
1 Public addresses 1959-66
2 Public addresses 1967-80
3-7. Alunite
3 Alunite deposit. Lake Campion, Western Australia. ca 1940
4 Various alunite reports October 1939 - July 1941
5 Alunite reports December 1941 - March 1948
6 Alunite Research Fund. Alunite Panel February 1942 - July 1943
7 CSIR reports January 1941 - February 1946. Also alumina reports.
Ewers (CSIR); Johnson (CSIR); Miles; Payne (until May 1942)
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1-8. Alunite (cont'd)
1 CSIRO reports October 1951 - December 1953. Summary Koch June
1951 - June 1953
2 The state (W.A.) alunite industry. Building material from residue.
Progress report. 7th July 1948
3 The state (W.A.) alunite industry. The recovery of potash from alunite.
Progress report. 11th July 1948
4 The state (W.A.) alunite industry. Roasting of alunite-salt mixtures.
Progress report. 16th December 1948
5 The state (W.A.) alunite industry. The recovery of potassium chloride
from roasted alunite. Progress report. 1st February 1949
6 The state (W.A.) alunite industry. The beneficiation of salt. Progress
report. 27th June 1949
7 The state (W.A.) alunite industry. Manufacture of crude, refined and
hydrated sodium sulphate from roasted alunite. Progress report. 28th
June 1949
8 The state (W.A.) alunite industry. Solid solutions in the salt-water
systems. Progress report. 21st July 1949
9-13. Research notebooks
9 Research notebook 5. 17 May 1935 - 13 June 1938
10 Research notebook 6. July 1938 - August 1939
11 Research notebook 7. March 1939 - September 1947
12 Research notebook 8. August 1939 - June 1940
13 Research notebook 10. February 1947 - October 1950
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1-6. Research notebooks (cont'd)
1 Handwritten bibliography, mainly on alunite, 1907-41
2 Laboratory notebook: physical chemistry 1935-40
3 Laboratory notebook: phase data 1944-47
4 Notes on articles read. Inclusive dates 1955-69, mainly 1966-69
5 Intensity calcs April 1967 - July 1968
6 Notes on articles read 1967-70. Diary: Chair of Education January-
March 1970
7-9. Handwritten chapters of book(s)
7 Solution spectra A. Revised 1965-66
8 Solution spectra B. 1964 copy
9 Handwritten draft. Portion of book on spectra? 25.9.67 - 16.6.69
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1-2. Handwritten chapters of book(s) (cont'd)
1 Chapters 3-7. Undated
2 Handwritten draft. Portion of book? 1970, 1973, 1974
3-14. Miscellaneous scientific activities and publications
3 Practical chemistry first year roneoed instructions. University of
Melbourne, 1934
4 "Science changes the world". Article by NSB in Daily News,
November 13, 1943
5 Background material and newspaper report on address by NSB on
21.5.63: "Education in the scientific age"
6 "Examinations and the first year". Gazette of the University of Western
Australia, vol 18, no 1, April 1968. Article by NSB. Typescript and
published versions
7 Report by J B Willis on 8th Australian Spectroscopy Conference,
Melbourne, 16-20 August 1971. The conference was dedicated to NSB
8 Correspondence relating to the discovery and naming of Baylissite,
1973-76, together with original article (1952) by Bayliss and Koch,
describing the production of potassium magnesium carbonate
9 Flinders University. Review of Chemistry Department, convened by
NSB, August-October 1978
10 Diary 1978. Contents:
Churchill Fellowships
Academy visits re proposed chemistry textbook
Allendale Square
11 Lincolne Scott. Consultancy on performance characteristics of
Kyowalite Resin 1978
12 Allendale Square. Consultancy on corrosion in external aluminium
cladding 1978-82
13 Allendale Square. Financial, personal 1978-82
14 "Four problems". Draft typescript by NSB for "The Australian chemical
resource book" 1990
15 Sound cassette of interview with NSB. Undated
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