1. Rubber — 2021-08-12 20:24:10

   …vulcanisation of rubber" width="400" }} **Thomas Hancock** patented in **1843**, a process whereby heating rubber and **sulphur** together at 155°C for two hours gave a horn-like solid containing 30% sulphur. Hancock took out another patent on Ma…
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2. Match — 2021-08-09 22:35:30

   …t had not been possible to transmit the flame to a slow-burning substance like wood. He used wooden sticks coated with sulphur and tipped with a paste mixture of sulphide of antimony, chlorate of potash, and gum, the sulphur serving to communicat…

3. Electric Motor — 2021-08-09 22:25:17

   …ed. Discs located between the cast iron cell and the cylinder of zinc prevented contact by the different metals. Dilute sulphuric acid was used to charge the battery. == Galvanometer == He also invented the first suspended coil galvanometer, a d…

4. Carbonated water — 2021-08-09 21:20:42

   …itled, **Impregnating Water with Fixed Air**. The paper described a means of chemical carbonation by dripping vitriol (sulphuric acid) into powdered chalk (calcium carbonate) producing **CO2 gas**. This gas was then infused into agitated water, …

5. Milk of Magnesia — 2020-08-09 19:55:03

   …commercially. By-products of the process included sodium, potassium bicarbonates and silicates, which when treated with sulphuric acid could be used as an artificial fertiliser. {{Image url="JamesMurrayPlaque.jpg" class="right" title="James Murray…

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