Author: McDonald, D.
Title: Percival Norton Johnson: The Biography of a Pioneer Metallurgist
Description: Johnson, Matthey & Co. 1951 224, portrait frontis, 7 b/w plates. . HB. 8vo, orig. green half leather, cloth boards, some fading to front cover. Edges uncut. Good. Withdrawn from an institutional library, with a few ink stamps.. A biography of Percival Norton Johnson (1792–1866), British metallurgist, assayer, and mine owner, who is best known for perfecting the process of extraction of Palladium from gold ores. Hw was also a founder of Johnson Matthay, one of Britain's largest chemical and precious metals firms..

Keywords: Biography; Metallurgy


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