Memoirs and Letters of Sidney Gilchrist Thomas, Inventor (Paperback)

Editor's preface; 1. Early days; 2. A summer tour; 3. A 'double life'; 4. The problem of dephosphorisation; 5. Years of equipment; 6. The problem theoretically solved ? a German tour; 7. 'Technical travel talk'; 8. Experiments ? a dash into Switzerland; 9. The basic process publicly announced; 10. The basic process described; 11. Triumph; 12. Dusseldorf ? a gathering cloud; 13. A visit to the United States; 14. Health fails in earnest; 15. South Africa; 16. Mauritius and India; 17. Ceylon, and the voyage to Australia; 18. Australia; 19. Homeward bound; 20. A sad home-coming and a flight south; 21. A winter in Algiers; 22. The last days in Paris; Conclusion.