- George Thomas Beilby
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name = George Thomas Beilby
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caption = George Thomas Beilby
birth_date = birth date|1850|11|17
birth_place =Edinburgh Scotland
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nationality = British
death_date = death date and age|1924|8|1|1850|11|17
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field =chemistry
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known_for =hydrogen cyanide
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footnotes =George Thomas Beilby (
17 November 1850 –1 August 1924) was a Britishchemist .In 1892 Beilby patented a production method for
hydrogen cyanide . This new method used ammonia and coal as starting materials and was able to meet the rising demands onsodium cyanide for the gold leaching by the MacArthur-Forrest process.His son became director of the
Cassel Cyanide Company and his daughter was married toFrederick Soddy .References
*cite journal
title = George Beilby
publisher = kosmoid.net
url = http://www.kosmoid.net/technology/George%20Beilby
*cite journal
title = Obituary notices: George Thomas Beilby, 1850–1924
author = John Read
journal =J. Chem. Soc. , Trans.
volume = 127
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pages = 955 - 961
year = 1925
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doi = 10.1039/CT9252700955
* [http://www.google.de/patents?id=Bh52AAAAEBAJ Cyanide patent]
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