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Titanium - Encyclopedia. com Titanium was one of the first elements to be discovered by modern chemists The "modern" chemistry period begins after the middle of the eighteenth century That period is chosen because it is the first time that the basic concepts of modern chemistry were developed Titanium was discovered by English clergyman William Gregor (1761-1817)
William Gregor | Encyclopedia. com William Gregor1761-1817 English mineralogist famous for discovering titanium Gregor analyzed a black sand he found in Menacchan, Cornwall The sand contained iron, manganese, and another substance that Gregor successfully extracted but could not identify He published his findings in 1791 and proposed the name menacchanine for this new mineral
Callaway, Ely, Jr. - Encyclopedia. com In Palms Springs, California, in 1983, Callaway found a small company in financial trouble that was making a fine golf club; the club was old-fashioned looking, with a big hickory shaft, with a titanium-metal rod core Callaway quickly invested $2 5 million, bought out the company, gave it his name, and his great courage of promotion
Imperial Chemical Industries PLC - Encyclopedia. com Imperial Chemical Industries PLC 20 Manchester SquareLondon W1U 3ANUnited Kingdom [1]Telephone: +44 (0) 207-834-4444Fax: +44 (0) 207-834-2042Web site: https: www ici com [2] Public Company Incorporated: 1926Employees: 38,596 (2001)Sales: £6 425 billion (2001)Stock Exchanges: New York [3] LondonT
Wilson Sporting Goods Company | Encyclopedia. com In 1994, the company introduced the Jet basketball, a leather version made specifically for the outdoor market In the field of golf, in 1995 Wilson introduced the Invex driver, a uniquely designed head made from stainless steel and titanium, which almost overnight became the largest selling of all the firm's golf clubs to date
Mineral Resources from the Ocean | Encyclopedia. com Placer Gold, Tin, Titanium, and Diamonds Placer deposits are accumulations of resistant and insoluble minerals that have been eroded from their original locations of formation and deposited along river courses or at the ocean margins The most important of these deposits contain gold, tin, titanium, and diamonds
Wah Chang - Encyclopedia. com The company closes its titanium sponge manufacturing facility in Albany, Oregon Soon after, due to increased competition in the titanium industry, ATI consolidated Wah Chang and Oremet The consolidation entailed 88 layoffs at both Oremet and Wah Chang, which together became a part of ATI's specialty metals division
National Distillers and Chemical Corporation - Encyclopedia. com Perhaps the most notable suprise of the 1970 ’ s was the performance of National Distillers ’ titanium subsidiary Purchased in 1955, the company went for years without making a satisfactory profit However, President Bier-wirth, and later President Drummond Bell, continued to believe in the titanium project
Cast Iron Stove - Encyclopedia. com Cast Iron StoveBackgroundA cast iron stove is a device, built from a material consisting of iron mixed with carbon, in which a solid fuel such as wood or coal is burned to produce heat for warmth or cooking
Tithes - Encyclopedia. com TITHES TITHES In the ancient Near East lie the origins of a sacral offering or payment of a tenth part of stated goods or property to the deity