Memoirs and Letters of Sidney Gilchrist Thomas, Inventor

Klappentext This 1891 publication describes the brief life and important work of the metallurgist and inventor Sidney Gilchrist Thomas. Zusammenfassung This 1891 memoir describes the fascinating life and work of the metallurgist and inventor Sidney Gilchrist Thomas (1850–1885), famed for pioneering the method of eliminating phosphorus from pig iron, and thus improving the quality of steel. It covers Thomas' education, career, travels and achievements, and his early death. Inhaltsverzeichnis Editor's preface; 1. Early days; 2. A summer tour; 3. A 'double life'; 4. The problem of dephosphorisation; 5. Years of equipment; 6. The problem theoretically solved - a German tour; 7. 'Technical travel talk'; 8. Experiments - a dash into Switzerland; 9. The basic process publicly announced; 10. The basic process described; 11. Triumph; 12. Dusseldorf - a gathering cloud; 13. A visit to the United States; 14. Health fails in earnest; 15. South Africa; 16. Mauritius and India; 17. Ceylon, and the voyage to Australia; 18. Australia; 19. Homeward bound; 20. A sad home-coming and a flight south; 21. A winter in Algiers; 22. The last days in Paris; Conclusion.

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• Authors: Sidney Gilchrist Thomas
• Assisted by: R. W. Burnie (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.05.2011
• EAN: 9781108026918
• ISBN: 978-1-108-02691-8
• No. of pages: 334
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Technology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > General, dictionaries; Diaries, letters & journals, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Diaries & Journals, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Inventions, Memoirs, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Letters, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / History, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, History of engineering and technology, History of engineering & technology, Diaries, letters and journals, Inventions & inventors, Inventions and inventors, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs