Journal and Proceedings of
The Royal Society of New South Wales
Volume 118 Parts 3 and 4 [Issued March, 1986]
CONTENTS
| AUTHORS & TITLES | PAGES |
| Nossal, G.J.V., A Tribute to Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet | 73-75 |
| Stanton, R.L., Stratiform Ores and Geological Processes (Clarke Memorial Lecture, 1985) | 77-100 |
| Brophy, J.J., Lassak, E.V., and Toba, R.F., The Volatile Leaf Oils of Two Cultivars of Callistemon viminalis | 101-104 |
| Osborne, R.A.L. and Branagan, D.F., ?Permian Palaeokarst at Billys Creek, New South Wales | 105-111 |
| Klotz, A.H., A Note on Representation of Maxwell's Equations in a Curved Space-Time | 113-119 |
| The University of Sydney, Faculty of Science Centenary Lectures 1985 | |
| Cole, Trevor W., Does Technology Need Science? | 121-126 |
| Reinhardt, Lloyd, Science and Truth | 127-135 |
| Thom, B.G., Geography: An Integrative Science | 137-144 |
| Walker, Michael B., Science and Gambling: Psychological Perspectives | 145-155 |
| Peacock, W.J., Genetic Engineering – By Man for Man | 157-164 |
| "Scientific Sydney": Papers submitted to Seminars held in Joint Meetings with the Royal Australian Historical Society, 1984-1985 | |
| MacLeod, R.M., Introduction | 165 |
| Melleuish, Gregory, Beneficent Providence and the Quest for Harmony: the Cultural Setting for Colonial Science in Sydney, 1850-1890 | 167-180 |
| Kerr, Joan, The Architecture of Scientific Sydney | 181-193 |
| Fletcher, Brian H., The Agricultural Society of New South Wales and its Shows in Colonial Sydney | 195-208 |
| Appendix I. Artisans and Managers: Exploring Technical Education in New South Wales, 1884-1984 | 209-210 |
| Appendix II. Culture and Learning in the Colonial Metropolis | 211-212 |
| Abstract of Thesis | |
| Gilani, S.A., Pharmacological Properties of Himbacine: An Alkaloid from Galbulimima Species | 213-214 |
Vol 118 pts 3-4, pp.73-75
Tribute to Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet
G.J.V. Nossal
Preface. Sir Macfarlane Burnet was one of the Royal Society of N.S.W.'s most distinguished Honorary Members. He died 31st August, 1985, in his 86th year. Unquestionably one of the fathers of Australian medical science and one this century's greatest biologists, he was awarded the James Cook Medal by the Society in 1954 for his outstanding achievements. We are indebted to Professor Sir Gustav Nossal, Director of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, for permitting us to publish the following tribute to Sir Macfarlane which was originally given on ABC Radio on 4th September, 1985.
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Vol 118 pts 3-4, pp.77-100
Stratiform Ore Deposits
R.L. Stanton
[Clarke Memorial Lecture, delivered to the Royal Society of New South Wales, September 20th, 1985, at the University of Sydney]
Introductory Paragraphs
In his Clarke Memorial Lecture delivered just 36 years ago, W.R. Browne observed that the old Hebrew Prophet well knew the value of inspiration and encouragement to be got from the contemplation of an illustrious past when he councelled his countrymen "Look ye unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and the hole of the pit ye have digged; look unto Abraham your father and to Sarah that bare you". Browne, whose quiet and unpretentious erudition some of us remember so well, went on to say that it was doubtless the same thought in mind when the Royal Society of New South Wales had ordained the memory of the Rev. W.B. Clarke, the father of Australian geology and an early stalwart of the Society, should be kept green by the periodical delivery of a lecture dedicated to his name.
As it happens, Browne's Clarke Memorial Lecture of 1949, on "Metallogenic epochs and ore regions in the Commonwealth of Australia", was the first scientific meeting that I attended, and from the intellectual point of view it began my life as an active scientist. It is therefore a pleasant coincidence that I, like Browne so many years ago, now come to acknowledge my debt of inheritance to Clarke, and the kindness of the Society has done me in making me give the lecture this year.
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I shall try to speak this evening in the spirit of Clarke – as one with a consuming interest in geology as a pure science and as one also who derives great satisfaction from its application to the material betterment of mankind. In keeping with Clarke's broad vision and great diversity of interest I shall attempt to show how one of its more intriguing problems – the nature and formation of volcanic stratiform ores – may have implications ramifying through much of geological science.
Vol 118 pts 3-4, pp.101-104
The Volatile Leaf Oils of Two Cultivars of Callistemon viminalis
J.J. Brophy, E.V. Lassak and R.F. Toba
Abstract. A sum total of 52 components were detected by gas chromatography/mass spectrographic analyses of the steam volatile leaf oils of two cultivars of Callistemon viminalis. Both oils were rich in monoterpenes (~95%) with cineole as the major component (>50%) in each case. The key difference in the oil lies in the relative quantities of α-pinene, linalool and α-terpineol. Cultivar I contains a substantial amount of linalool (16%) with small quantities (~1%) of α-pinene and α-terpineol whilst cultivar II contains significant amounts of two components (18% and 12%, respectively) and only a trace amount (0.5%) of linalool.
Vol 118 pts 3-4, pp.105-111
?Permian Palaeokarst at Billys Creek, New South Wales
R.A.L. Osborne and D.F. Branagan
Abstract. Sandstone bodies within Silurian limestone at Billys Creek are interpreted as palaeokarst deposits and are likely to be of Permian age.
Vol 118 pts 3-4, pp.113-119
A Note on Representation of Maxwell's Equations in a Curved Space-Time
A.H.Klotz
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Vol 118 pts 3-4, pp.121-126
Does Technology Need Science?
Trevor W. Cole
[Faculty of Science Centenary Lecture, The University of Sydney, 18th April, 1985]
Introduction. Science and Technology have always had an ambivalent relationship. Recent questioning over funding, usefulness to technology, and appropriate priorities in Science is only the latest, but is perhaps the most vocal, period of discussion over the last century in Australia. The aim of this paper is to identify some of the issues and, based on the author's personal background and interests, survey science and technology in Australia both now and over those last one hundred years. The resulting view leads to the need for hard decision making and change.
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Vol 118 pts 3-4, pp.127-135
Science and Truth
Lloyd Reinhardt
[Faculty of Science Centenary Lecture, The University of Sydney, 22nd April, 1985]
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Vol 118 pts 3-4, pp.137-144
Geography: An Integrative Science
B.G. Thom
[Faculty of Science Centenary Lecture, The University of Sydney, 23nd April, 1985]
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Vol 118 pts 3-4, pp.145-155
Science and Gambling: Psychological Perspectives
Michael B.Walker
[An address to the Faculty of Science Centenary Celebrations, University of Sydney, 26th April, 1985]
Abstract. Explanations are examined concerning the reason that people engage in heavy gambling. It is argued that these explanations will be psychological rather than economic in content. Four prospectives are taken: the psychoanalytical account of gambling; gambling considered as an addiction; an instrumental learning theory account; and a cognitive perspective based on irrational beliefs. The implications for clinical practice in adopting these perspectives are described.
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Vol 118 pts 3-4, pp.157-164
Genetic Engineering – By Man for Man
W.J. Peacock
[Address to the Faculty of Science Centenary Celebrations at the University of Sydney on 14 May, 1985.]
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Vol 118 pts 3-4, p.165
"Scientific Sydney" – Introduction
Roy M. Macleod
[Introduction to Seminars held in Joint Meetings with the Royal Australian Historical Society, 1984-1985]
Introductory Paragraph. As we approach the celebrations of the Bicentennial Year, few subjects can be at once so highly important, yet least understood, than the history of Australian science. A country which depends on so many ways upon the application of knowledge has, in the sciences, an enviable heritage. That heritage, the cultural legacy of our colonial past, is significant to both our sense of nationhood and our spirit of internationalism. Today, scholars are acquiring the materials that will give us a firmer grasp of those factors which directed the pursuit of knowledge in the early years of the settler colony, and which have ever since shaped the character of our scientific enterprise.
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Vol 118 pts 3-4, pp.167-180
Beneficent Providence and the Quest for Harmony: The Cultural Setting for Colonial Science in Sydney, 1850-1890
Gregory Melleuish
[Given at the "Scientific Sydney" Seminar on 18 May, 1985, at History House, Macquarie St., Sydney]
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Vol 118 pts 3-4, pp.181-193
The Architecture of Scientific Sydney
Joan Kerr
[Given at the "Scientific Sydney" Seminar on 18 May, 1985, at History House, Macquarie St., Sydney]
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Vol 118 pts 3-4, pp.195-208
The Agricultural Society of New South Wales and its Shows in Colonial Sydney
Brian H.Fletcher
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Vol 118 pts 3-4, pp.213-214
Doctoral Thesis Abstract: Pharmacological Properties of Himbacine: An Alkaloid from Galbulimima Species
SYED ANWAR-UL HASSAN GILANI
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