herbert henry dow

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Definition of herbert henry dow in English English dictionary

{i} Herbert Dow (1866-1930), American chemist and industrialist who established the Dow Chemical Company in 1897

born Feb. 26, 1866, Belleville, Ont., Can. died Oct. 15, 1930, Rochester, Minn., U.S. U.S. inventor and manufacturer. After attending college in Cleveland, Dow developed and patented electrolytic methods (the Dow process) for extracting bromine from brines (concentrated water solutions of salts). In 1895 he founded the Dow Chemical Co. to electrolyze brine for chlorine, used in insecticides. He was the first U.S. producer of iodine (which he also extracted from brine). He eventually was granted some 65 patents as his company became one of the world's leading chemical manufacturers

Hyphenation

Her·bert Hen·ry Dow

Turkish pronunciation

hırbırt henri dau

Pronunciation

/ˈhərbərt ˈhenrē ˈdou/ /ˈhɜrbɜrt ˈhɛnriː ˈdaʊ/