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Thomas, Sidney Gilchrist — ▪ British metallurgist born April 16, 1850, London, Eng. died Feb. 1, 1885, Paris, Fr. British metallurgist and inventor who discovered (1875) a method for eliminating phosphorus (a major impurity in some iron ores) in the Bessemer… … Universalium
Gilchrist, Percy — ▪ British metallurgist born Dec. 27, 1851, Lyme Regis, Dorset, Eng. died Dec. 16, 1935, England metallurgist who, with his better known cousin Sidney Gilchrist Thomas, devised in 1876–77 a process (thereafter widely used in Europe) of… … Universalium
Gilchrist, Percy Carlyle — born Dec. 27, 1851, Lyme Regis, Dorset, Eng. died Dec. 16, 1935, England British metallurgist. In 1876–77, with his cousin Sidney Gilchrist Thomas (1850–85), he devised the basic Bessemer process of making steel in Bessemer converters from… … Universalium
thomas process — noun see thomas gilchrist process … Useful english dictionary
Bessemer process — Metall. a process of producing steel, in which impurities are removed by forcing a blast of air through molten iron. [1855 60; after H. BESSEMER] * * * Technique for converting pig iron to steel invented by Henry Bessemer in England in 1856 and… … Universalium
basic Bessemer process — Modification of the Bessemer process for converting pig iron into steel. The original Bessemer converter was not effective in removing the phosphorus from iron made from the high phosphorus ores common in Britain and Europe. The invention of the… … Universalium
Sidney Gilchrist Thomas — Infobox Scientist name = Sidney Gilchrist Thomas box width = image width =150px caption = Sidney Gilchrist Thomas birth date = April 16, 1850 birth place = Canonbury, London death date = February 1, 1885 death place = residence = citizenship =… … Wikipedia
Bessemer process — The Bessemer process was the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron. The process is named after its inventor, Henry Bessemer, who took out a patent on the process in 1855. The process was… … Wikipedia
Percy Gilchrist — Percy Carlyle Gilchrist (December 27, 1851 December 16, 1935) was a British chemist and metallurgist born in Lyme Regis, Dorset, and who studied at the Royal School of Mines. He is best known for his collaboration with his cousin, Sidney… … Wikipedia
Histoire De La Production De L'acier — L’histoire de la production de l’acier, comme la plupart des histoires de découvertes et progrès techniques, n’est pas linéaire. On trouve des aciers à divers endroits de la planète au cours de l’histoire. On peut citer par exemple les aciers… … Wikipédia en Français
