James Thomas Humberstone

English chemical engineer, who invented the Shanks system to make sodium carbonate (1850-1939) · United Kingdom · On the map · Scientists · Died at 88

James Thomas Humberstone was an English chemical engineer. In 1872, he founded the Peru Nitrate Company to extract saltpetre in the Tarapacá Province of Peru. He introduced the Shanks System and other innovations to the industry.

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