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Commercial electroplating of nickel, brass, tin, and zinc were developed by the 1850s. Electroplating baths and equipment based on the patents of the Elkingtons were scaled up to accommodate the plating of numerous large-scale objects and for specific manufacturing and engineering applications.
John Wright (1808–1844) was a surgeon from Birmingham, England who invented a process of electroplating involving potassium cyanide. The process was patented in 1840 by Wright's associate George Richards Elkington. He was born on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent and was apprenticed to a Dr Spearman in Rotherham, Yorkshire.
Luigi Valentino Brugnatelli (also Luigi Gaspare Brugnatelli or Luigi Vincenzo Brugnatelli) (14 February 1761 in Pavia – 24 October 1818 in Pavia) was an Italian chemist and inventor who discovered the process for electroplating in 1805. [1]
Alexander Parkes was born at Suffolk Street, Birmingham, the fourth son of James Mears Parkes and his wife Kerenhappuch Childs. Samuel Harrison, described by Sir Josiah Mason as the inventor of the split-ring (or key-ring) and widely credited with the invention of the steel pen, was his great-uncle. [6]
George Richards Elkington (1801–1865) by Samuel West The old Elkington Silver Electroplating Works in Birmingham Commemorative inkstand, about 1850, Elkington & Co. V&A Museum no. 481&A-1901. George Richards Elkington (17 October 1801 – 22 September 1865) was a manufacturer from Birmingham, England.
7. US patent 3,652,442, [23] Electroplating cell including means to agitate the electrolyte in laminar flow. This is the instrument Romankiw invented to allow him to make the magnetic film for thin film head.
Edward Weston (May 9, 1850 – August 20, 1936) was an English-born American chemist and engineer noted for his achievements in electroplating and his development of the electrochemical cell, named the Weston cell, for the voltage standard. [2] [3] Weston was a competitor of Thomas Edison in the early days of electricity generation and ...
Zinc plating was developed and continues to evolve to meet the most challenging corrosion protection, temperature, and wear resistance requirements. Electroplating of zinc was invented in 1800, but the first bright deposits were not obtained until the early 1930s with the alkaline cyanide electrolyte.