Memoirs and Letters of Sidney Gilchrist Thomas, Inventor
by Thomas, Sidney Gilchrist; Burnie, R. W.Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2011-05-19
Publisher(s): Cambridge Univ Pr
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Summary
First published in 1891, this memoir describes the life of the metallurgist and inventor Sidney Gilchrist Thomas (18501885), best-known for discovering the method of eliminating phosphorus from pig iron which revolutionised the commercial production of steel. Professing a desire to give a 'true' account of a life in contrast to the somewhat hagiographic approach of some contemporary writers, Thomas' biographer, R. W. Burnie, sets out to construct 'a brief history of a very striking and individual character'. The details of Thomas' short life are narrated in 22 chapters, beginning with his early education, his work as a schoolmaster and police clerk whilst studying law and chemistry at night, his career, and his work-related travels, which took him everywhere from central Europe to New Zealand. The memoir also includes a postscript which reveals that Thomas left his considerable fortune to workers in steel production.
Table of Contents
| Editor's preface | |
| Early days | |
| A summer tour | |
| A 'double life' | |
| The problem of dephosphorisation | |
| Years of equipment | |
| The problem theoretically solved âÇô a German tour | |
| 'Technical travel talk' | |
| Experiments âÇô a dash into Switzerland | |
| The basic process publicly announced | |
| The basic process described | |
| Triumph | |
| Dusseldorf âÇô a gathering cloud | |
| A visit to the United States | |
| Health fails in earnest | |
| South Africa | |
| Mauritius and India | |
| Ceylon, and the voyage to Australia | |
| Australia | |
| Homeward bound | |
| A sad home-coming and a flight south | |
| A winter in Algiers | |
| The last days in Paris | |
| Conclusion | |
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