Moissan
Americannoun
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Prof. Moissan, of the Sorbonne?The electric furnace, foundation of electric metallurgical industries.
From Time Magazine Archive
Professor Henri Moissan, of Paris, went further, and by use of an electric furnace produced diamonds as large as a pinhead.
From The Diamond Master by Futrelle, Jacques
In 1852 magnesium was isolated electrolytically by R. Bunsen, and this process subsequently received much attention at the hands of Moissan and Borchers.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various
Moissan, in my country, produced diamonds by heating charcoal and iron to a high degree, and letting the mixture cool under enormous pressure.
From With Links of Steel by Carter, Nicholas
It was Henri Moissan, Professor of Chemistry at the Sorbonne in Paris, who made the first great discoveries in the use of the electric furnace and produced the first artificial diamonds.
From The Story of Great Inventions by Burns, Elmer Ellsworth
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