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Thomas Midgley Jr. (May 18, 1889 – November 2, 1944) was an American mechanical and chemical engineer.He played a major role in developing leaded gasoline (tetraethyl lead) and some of the first chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), better known in the United States by the brand name Freon; both products were later banned from common use due to their harmful impact on human health and the environment.
Facing a crowd of journalists, inventor Thomas Midgley Jr. poured a lead additive over his hands and then proceeded to inhale its fumes for about a minute. Unfazed, he said, “I could do this ...
In his capacity as an engineer with General Motors, Thomas Midgley Jr. experimented with a myriad of different compounds, which he added to petrol in an attempt to prevent engines from knocking. Eventually, he discovered one compound that worked brilliantly: tetraethyllead .
Nancy Price (1880–1970), Acquainted with the Night: A Book of Dreams (n.d.; 1949 according to the British Library catalogue). Illustrated by Michael Rothenstein. Written by an actress, who also made a name for herself as a naturalist and campaigner for animal rights. Henry Rollins (1961-), 61 Dreams, a section at the end of Black Coffee Blues ...
Thomas Midgley may refer to: Thomas Midgley (footballer) (1856–1957), English footballer; Thomas Midgley Jr. (1889–1944), American chemist
The chemist Dmitri Mendeleev is said to have invented the modern periodic table in a dream "where all the elements fell into place as required." [ 30 ] Mendeleev, a chemistry professor and an avid player of the card game solitaire , had been attempting to clearly organize the elements, which at the time were grouped either by atomic weight or ...
Thomas Midgley, 76, of Watson Street, Wilkes-Barre Township, was sentenced by Lupas to four-to-23 months at the county correctional facility on six counts of child pornography. Midgley pled guilty ...
A cavewoman shares an invention we all can benefit from, but another man's idea seems to impress more (from S07E06). Introducing the new 14th-century Chinese hygiene revolution: toilet paper (from S07E10). "Historical Grand Designs": Ramesses II shows off his Ramesseum, which seems a bit too statue-full, much to his wife's displeasure.