biography
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| male
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| lived:
| (1838–1922)
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| biography:
| Industrial chemist, born in Rebecq-Rognon, C Belgium. He worked in his father's salt-making business, then at a gasworks. While there he solved the problems of large-scale commercial production of sodium carbonate (1863) used in the manufacture of glass and soap. His findings made him a considerable fortune, and he founded various institutes of scientific research. |
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