See also:

• SIDNEY
• SIDNEY (or SYDNEY), ALGERNON (1622-1683)
• SIDNEY, SIR HENRY (1529-1586)
• SIDNEY, SIR PHILIP (1554-1586)

SIDNEY GILCHRIST See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• SIDNEY GILCHRIST THOMAS (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

THOMAS (1850-1885)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British inventor, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 16th of Apiil 185o at Canonbury, See also:

• LONDON

London . His See also:

• FATHER

father, a Welshman, was in the See also:

• CIVIL

civil service, and his See also:

• MOTHER

mother was the daughter of the Rev . See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James Gilchrist . His father's See also:

• DEATH

death leaving his See also:

• FAMILY

family with a considerably reduced income, he gave up his See also:

• ORIGINAL

original See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea of becoming a See also:

• DOCTOR (Lat. for " teacher ")

doctor and obtained an See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment as a See also:

• POLICE (Fr. police, government, civil administration, a police force, Gr. sroXumeia, constitution, condition of a state, roars, city, state)

police See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court clerk, which he held till May 1879 . During these twelve years, besides the See also:

• WORK

work of a busy police court, which brought him into intimate contact with social problems, he found See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time to study See also:

• CHEMISTRY
• CHEMISTRY (formerly "chymistry"; Gr. xvµela; for derivation see ALCHEMY)

chemistry, and attended lectures at the See also:

• BIRKBECK, GEORGE (1776-1841)

Birkbeck See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

Institute . He set himself to solve the problem of eliminating See also:

• PHOSPHORUS (Gr. 4ws, light, sPEpety, to bear)

phosphorus from See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron by means of the See also:

• BESSEMER
• BESSEMER, SIR HENRY (1813-1898)

Bessemer converter, and by the end of 1875 was convinced that he had discovered a method . He communicated his theory to his See also:

• COUSIN (Fr. cousin, Ital. cugino, Late Lat. cosinus, perhaps a popular and familiar abbreviation of consobrinus, which has the same sense in classical Latin)
• COUSIN, JEAN (1500-1590)
• COUSIN, VICTOR (1792–1867)

cousin, P . C . Gilchrist, who was chemist to iron See also:

• WORKS

works in See also:

• WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales, and experiments were made, which proved satisfactory . See also:

• EDWARD

Edward See also:

• MARTIN (Martinus)
• MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
• MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
• MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
• MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
• MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
• MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
• MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
• MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
• MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
• MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)

Martin, manager of the See also:

• BLAENAVON, or BLAENAFON

Blaenavon Works, gave facilities for conducting the experiments on a larger See also:

• SCALE
• SCALE (1) A

scale and undertook to help in taking out a patent . In See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1878, the first public announcement of the See also:

• DISCOVERY

discovery was made at the See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting of the Iron and See also:

• STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

Steel Institute, but without attracting much See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention; and in See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September a See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper was wiitten by See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas and Gilchrist on the "Elimination of Phosphorus in the Bessemer Converter " for the autumn meeting of this institute, but was not read till May 1879 . Thomas, however, made the acquaintance of E .

W . See also:

• RICHARDS, ALFRED BATE (182o-1876)
• RICHARDS, HENRY BRINLEY (1819-1865)
• RICHARDS, WILLIAM TROST (1833-1905)

Richards, the manager of Boickow See also:

• VAUGHAN, CHARLES JOHN (1816-1897)
• VAUGHAN, HENRY (1622-1695)
• VAUGHAN, HERBERT (1832-1903)
• VAUGHAN, THOMAS (1622-1666)
• VAUGHAN, WILLIAM (1577-1641)

Vaughan & Co.'s works at See also:

• CLEVELAND
• CLEVELAND (or CLEIVELAND), JOHN (1613—1658)
• CLEVELAND, BARBARA VILLIERS, DUCHESS OF (1641-1709)
• CLEVELAND, STEPHEN GROVER (1837-1908)

Cleveland, See also:

• YORKSHIRE

Yorkshire, whom he interested in the See also:

• PROCESS

process, and from this time the success of the invention was assured and domestic and See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign See also:

• PATENTS

patents were taken out . The " basic process " invented by Thomas was especially valuable on the See also:

• CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

continent of See also:

• EUROPE

Europe, where the proportion of phosphoric iron is much larger than in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, and both in See also:

• BELGIUM
• BELGIUM (Fr. Belgique; Flem. Belgic)

Belgium and in See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany the name of the inventor became more widely known than in his own See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country . In See also:

• AMERICA

America, although non-phosphoric iron largely predominates, an immense See also:

• INTEREST

interest was taken in the invention . But Thomas had been overworking for years, and his lungs became affected . A See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea voyage and a See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence in See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt proved unavailing to restore his See also:

• HEALTH

health and he died in See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris on the 1st of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1885 . He had what W . E . See also:

• GLADSTONE
• GLADSTONE, JOHN HALL (1827-1902)
• GLADSTONE, WILLIAM EWART (1809–1898)

Gladstone, in a See also:

• REVIEW (Fr. revue, from revoir, to see again, Lat. re and videre)

review of the See also:

• MEMOIRS

Memoirs published in 1891, described as an " See also:

• ENTHUSIASM

enthusiasm of humanity," and he See also:

• LEFT

left his See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune to be used for the promotion of philanthropic work . A police court See also:

• MISSION

mission was endowed in his memory . See Memoirs and Letters of See also:

• SIDNEY
• SIDNEY (or SYDNEY), ALGERNON (1622-1683)
• SIDNEY, SIR HENRY (1529-1586)
• SIDNEY, SIR PHILIP (1554-1586)

Sidney'Gilchrist Thomas (1891), ed. by R . W .

Burnie .