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Oswald Silberrad

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Collections, contains collection of papers relating to the work of Silberrad and the Silberrad Research Laboratories. The Archive includes personal and financial records, correspondence, patent material and reports relating to chemical research generally and to explosives and dyes in particular.
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to investigate the shortcomings of British explosives. In 1901, at the age of 23, Silberrad was appointed chemist to the committee. Later he took the position as head of the committee’s research institute at
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Research and cataloguing by National Cataloguing Unit for the Archives of Contemporary Scientists (NCUACS) the extent and the range of Silberrad's work over more than fifty years fully appreciated.
58:. On leaving Würzburg he worked at various positions until he joined the United Kingdom Government Explosives Committee. This committee had been set up after the 86:, where he had a special laboratory block added to his new house. As a consulting chemist, he mainly focused on the study of explosives. He also developed a new 288: 235: 153: 322: 51: 332: 105:. His home, Dryad's Hall, became that of barrister John Silberrad, and, on his death, was sold out of the family in 2005. 327: 281: 307: 55: 274: 78:
In 1906 he left the institute, and in 1907 founded the Silberrad Research Laboratories, first at 22 Stag Lane,
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for Royal Navy ordnance, thus following a practice that was already well known in Germany.
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Archive of industrial chemist- Oswald Silberrad, Science Museum Collections
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Image of Dr Oswald John Silberrad in his library, Loughton, Essex, 1947.
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National Cataloguing Unit for the Archives of Contemporary Scientists.
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propellers. In 1921 he campaigned unsuccessfully for a position at the
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Sharp, Robert."Oswald Silberrad: The Work of a Forgotten Chemist".
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The Silberrad Archive, consisting of 176 boxes, is part of the
262: 180:"Oswald Silberrad: the Work of a Forgotten Chemist" 26:, the related field of dye stuffs, and metallurgy. 90:, solving the problem of the erosion of warships' 282: 231:Oxford Biography Index entry Oswald Silberrad 8: 101:Silberrad is buried at the parish church in 289: 275: 257:This article about a British chemist is a 42:and was the younger brother of the writer 67:. One of his contributions was to bring 145: 7: 247: 245: 158:collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk 54:. From 1898 to 1900 he attended the 261:. You can help Knowledge (XXG) by 14: 178:Sharp, Robert (1 November 2003). 52:City and Guilds Technical College 249: 1: 349: 323:People from Buckhurst Hill 244: 196:10.1179/amb.2003.50.3.302 125:. University of Bath. 56:University of Würzburg 34:Silberrad was born at 333:British chemist stubs 82:, and later moved to 328:People from Loughton 134:(50/3) 2003:302-309. 20:Oswald J. Silberrad 221:University of Bath 44:Una Lucy Silberrad 270: 269: 340: 308:British chemists 291: 284: 277: 253: 246: 208: 207: 175: 169: 168: 166: 164: 150: 123:Oswald Silberrad 348: 347: 343: 342: 341: 339: 338: 337: 298: 297: 296: 295: 242: 217: 212: 211: 177: 176: 172: 162: 160: 152: 151: 147: 142: 137: 71:into use as an 32: 17: 16:British chemist 12: 11: 5: 346: 344: 336: 335: 330: 325: 320: 315: 310: 300: 299: 294: 293: 286: 279: 271: 268: 267: 254: 240: 239: 233: 228: 223: 216: 215:External links 213: 210: 209: 190:(3): 302–309. 170: 144: 143: 141: 138: 136: 135: 128: 118: 110:Science Museum 80:Buckhurst Hill 36:Buckhurst Hill 31: 30:Life and works 28: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 345: 334: 331: 329: 326: 324: 321: 319: 316: 314: 311: 309: 306: 305: 303: 292: 287: 285: 280: 278: 273: 272: 266: 264: 260: 255: 252: 248: 243: 237: 234: 232: 229: 227: 224: 222: 219: 218: 214: 205: 201: 197: 193: 189: 185: 181: 174: 171: 159: 155: 149: 146: 139: 133: 129: 127: 124: 120: 119: 117: 114: 111: 106: 104: 99: 97: 96:Royal Society 93: 89: 85: 81: 76: 74: 70: 66: 61: 57: 53: 49: 46:. He studied 45: 41: 37: 29: 27: 25: 21: 263:expanding it 256: 241: 187: 183: 173: 161:. Retrieved 157: 148: 131: 122: 115: 107: 100: 77: 33: 19: 18: 318:1960 deaths 313:1878 births 163:19 November 302:Categories 140:References 116:References 24:explosives 204:0002-6980 73:explosive 48:chemistry 103:Loughton 84:Loughton 65:Woolwich 60:Boer War 50:at the 202:  92:bronze 184:Ambix 132:Ambix 88:alloy 40:Essex 259:stub 200:ISSN 165:2021 192:doi 69:TNT 38:in 304:: 198:. 188:50 186:. 182:. 156:. 98:. 290:e 283:t 276:v 265:. 238:, 206:. 194:: 167:.

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explosives
Buckhurst Hill
Essex
Una Lucy Silberrad
chemistry
City and Guilds Technical College
University of Würzburg
Boer War
Woolwich
TNT
explosive
Buckhurst Hill
Loughton
alloy
bronze
Royal Society
Loughton
Science Museum

"Archive of industrial chemist Oswald J. Silberrad | Science Museum Group Collection"
"Oswald Silberrad: the Work of a Forgotten Chemist"
doi
10.1179/amb.2003.50.3.302
ISSN
0002-6980
University of Bath
Image of Dr Oswald John Silberrad in his library, Loughton, Essex, 1947.
Oxford Biography Index entry Oswald Silberrad
Archive of industrial chemist- Oswald Silberrad, Science Museum Collections
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