Talk:Russell Dumas

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Did you know... that Dumas House (pictured), a government office building in Perth, Western Australia, is named in honour of engineer and public servant Sir Russell John Dumas?

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Obviously we're going to need to increase the number of sources. I can't really find much else online though, and I'm not having much luck using university journals. Any suggestions? Thanks. Somno (talk) 06:13, 11 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Here is one available at many libraries, I will try to gather a list of others. cygnis insignis 08:08, 11 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

J.S.H. LePage, Building a State, Water Authority of WA, (Leederville, 1986) ISBN 0-7244-6862-5

Shame his name reads as "dumb as"... "dumb as house" etc... ;) I'm sure he was a fine engineer.Ga rr ie 03:02, 20 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think it might be pronounced "Dew - mah", rather than "Dew - mus" anyway, but I'm not sure. :) Oh, and I have found out the book Cygnis suggested is at my local library, so I will borrow that soon and hopefully expand the article some more. Somno (talk) 03:42, 20 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]