James Thomas Humberstone
✓ Source-basedrisingEnglish chemical engineer, who invented the Shanks system to make sodium carbonate (1850-1939)
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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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United KingdomCategory
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Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1850 to 1939 · aged 88
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