Sidney Gilchrist Thomas (16 April 1850 – 1 February 1885) was an English inventor, best known for his role in the iron and steel industry. Thomas was...
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"basic Bessemer process" or Gilchrist–Thomas process after the English discoverers Percy Gilchrist and Sidney Gilchrist Thomas. A system akin to the Bessemer...
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its inventors who patented it in 1877: Percy Carlyle Gilchrist and his cousin Sidney Gilchrist Thomas. By allowing the exploitation of phosphorous iron ore...
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Sidney Thomas may refer to: Sidney R. Thomas (born 1953), American lawyer and judge Sidney Gilchrist Thomas (1850–1885), English inventor Syd Thomas (1919–2012)...
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the experiments by Sidney Gilchrist Thomas and his cousin Percy Gilchrist that led to "the basic steel process" or "Gilchrist–Thomas process". The ironworks...
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William Gilchrist, American composer William Sidney Gilchrist, medical missionary to Angola Sidney Gilchrist Thomas, British inventor Caroline Gilchrist Rhea...
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becoming Emeritus Professor in 1989. Pickering was awarded the Sidney Gilchrist Thomas Medal in 1968, and the Sir Robert Hadfield Medal in 1971, both...
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magnesite) is used. This variant is called the Gilchrist–Thomas process after its inventor Sidney Gilchrist Thomas who persuaded Richards to adopt it. The firm...
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important. Metallurgists Percy Gilchrist (1851–1935) and Sidney Gilchrist Thomas (1850–1885) invented the Gilchrist–Thomas process, which enabled the use...
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caused principally by the presence of phosphorus, were solved by Sidney Gilchrist Thomas in 1879. It was not until 1880 that an era of construction based...
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