biography
| name: |
Martin, Pierre Emile
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pronunciation:
[mah(r)tĩ]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1824–1915)
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| biography:
| Metallurgist, born in Bourges, C France. In his father's iron and steel works, he devised an improved method of producing high-quality steel in an open-hearth furnace using the heat-regeneration process introduced by Siemens. The products of the Siemens–Martin process won a gold medal at the Paris Exhibition of 1867, and the open-hearth furnace became the major source of the world's steel. Martin spent his later years in poverty while others profited from his process, until in 1907 an international benefit fund restored his finances to a level of modest comfort. |
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