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Donald Macleod
Born
Donald Bannerman Macleod

(1887-07-21)21 July 1887
Doyleston, New Zealand
Died8 March 1972(1972-03-08) (aged 84)
Wellington, New Zealand
Alma materCanterbury University College
AwardsHector Medal (1940)
Scientific career
FieldsMolecular physics
InstitutionsCanterbury University College
Thesis (1922)

Donald Bannerman Macleod (21 July 1887 – 8 March 1972) was a New Zealand molecular physicist.

Early life and education

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Born at Doyleston, near Christchurch, in 1887,[1] Macleod studied at Canterbury University College, graduating with an MA with first-class honours in chemistry in 1910.[2][3]

Academic career

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Following his graduation, Macleod was appointed as a lecturer in physics at Canterbury and worked there until his retirement in 1953 as an associate professor. He had a research collaboration with Professor Coleridge Farr from 1911 to 1936.[4] In 1922 Macleod was awarded a DSc from Canterbury University College.[5]

His work covered the viscosity of sulphur and the internal pressure of liquids.[4]

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 1935[4] and in 1940 he was awarded the society's Hector Medal for his work in the field of molecular physics.[6]

Selected publications

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  • Macleod, Donald Bannerman (1910). "Rate of oxidation of acetaldehyde to acetic acid". Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 43: 33–52.
  • Farr, C. Coleridge; Macleod, D.B. (1910). "Further experiments on the influence of artesian water on the hatching of trout". Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 43: 55–57.
  • Farr, C. Coleridge; Skey, Henry Fawsit; Macleod, Donald Bannerman; Marshall, P. (1916). A magnetic survey of the Dominion of New Zealand and some of the outlying islands for the epoch 30th June, 1903. Wellington: New Zealand Government.
  • Macleod, D.B. (1923). "On a relation between the viscosity of a liquid and its coefficient of expansion". Transactions of the Faraday Society. 19: 6–16. doi:10.1039/TF9231900006.
  • Macleod, D.B. (1934). "The composition of binary mixtures and their viscosities". Transactions of the Faraday Society. 30: 482–493. doi:10.1039/TF9343000482.
  • Macleod, D.B. (1945). "On a direct calculation of the viscosity of a liquid, both under ordinary pressures and high pressures, from the viscosity of its vapour, on the basis of a new equation of state". Transactions of the Faraday Society. 41: 771–777. doi:10.1039/TF9454100771.
  • Macleod, D.B. (1947). "The calculations of the latent heat of vaporisation and the viscosity of CO2 under pressure on the basis of a revised equation of state". Transactions of the Faraday Society. 43: 169–172. doi:10.1039/TF9474300169.

References

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  1. ^ "Births". The Press. 10 August 1887. p. 2. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  2. ^ "NZ university graduates 1870–1961: Ma". Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  3. ^ "N.Z. University". The Press. 12 May 1923. p. 5. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  4. ^ a b c "Death of Dr Macleod" (PDF). Chronicle. 7 (2). University of Canterbury. April 1972. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  5. ^ "N.Z. University: official examination results". The Prress. 8 May 1922. p. 10. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  6. ^ "Minutes of the annual meeting, 22nd May, 1940". Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 70: II. 1940–41. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
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