Technical Chemical history

The process was not finally put into industrial operation until 1823 in England, after which it continued to be used to prepare sodium carbonate for almost 100 years.

The use of a tunneling shield, to allow a tunnel to be driven through soft or uncertain rock strata, was pioneered by the French émigré engineer Marc Brunel in the construction of the first tunnel underneath the Thames River in London (1825–42), and the technique was adopted elsewhere.

The Great Western (launched 1837), the first built specifically for oceanic service in the North Atlantic, demonstrated that the proportion of space required for fuel decreased as the total volume of the ship increased.

In 1848 the political revolution that had started in France swept eastward across the Rhine, overthrowing established authority in Germany and giving central Europe a taste of liberal reform.

Following their work, W.H. Perkin, at the Royal College of Chemistry in London, produced the first artificial dye from aniline in 1856.

The Great Eastern (launched 1858), with its total displacement of 18,918 tons, was by far the largest ship built in the 19th century.

The Solvay process was developed by the Belgian industrial chemist Ernest Solvay in 1861.

Originally, large quantities of alkaline waste were vented into the environment from the production of soda, provoking one of the first pieces of environmental legislation to be passed in 1863.

The electric telegraph was followed by the telephone, invented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876 and adopted quickly for short-range oral communication in the cities of America and at a somewhat more leisurely pace in those of Europe.

The industrial production of soap from vegetable oils was started by William Lever and his brother James in 1885 in Lancashire based on a modern chemical process invented by William Hough Watson that used glycerin and vegetable oils.

In fall 1887 he gave a series of 12 lectures that were later published in Chemical Trade Journal.

In the United States, MIT is considered the first university to have offered, in 1888, a four-year curriculum in chemical engineering, in 1888.

In 1891, the Department of Chemistry granted seven Bachelor’s degrees for Chemical Engineering, the first of their kind to be bestowed anywhere.

After Norton’s death in 1893 at the age of 39, Professor Frank H. Thorpe led Course X through a continued rise in popularity.

Thorpe’s Outlines of Industrial Chemistry, which was published in 1898, is considered one of the first textbooks in chemical engineering.

Transport and communications provide an example of a revolution within the Industrial Revolution, so completely were the modes transformed in the period 1750–1900.

By the end of the century, Guglielmo Marconi had transmitted messages over many miles in Britain and was preparing the apparatus with which he made the first transatlantic radio communication on December 12, 1901.

In 1907, MIT became the first school to award Ph.D. degrees in chemical engineering.

The Committee of Six, joined by 15 other chemists and chemical engineers, held its next meeting in January 1908 at the Belmont Hotel in New York.

Doctor Arthur Braun takes over the Dextrin Factory founded by Carl von der HeidenSn. in 1910.

The three major firms BASF, Bayer and Hoechst produced several hundred different dyes, and by 1913, the German industry produced almost 90 percent of the world supply of dyestuffs and sold about 80 percent of their production abroad.

It wasn’t until 1920 that a separate Department of Chemical Engineering was formed with Warren K. Lewis as its head.

Johnsen’sThe Johnsen’s brand is the foundation of the success of TCC. Since 1928, the Johnsen’s brand has been associated with high quality products and great customer service.

Columbia Chemical began as the partnership of two talented chemists who rented space in a former textile mill in Cleveland, Ohio in 1975.

The Columbia brand name grew and exports increased, prompting the move in 1992 to Brunswick, Ohio.

By 1997, Columbia’s facilities had to be expanded to accommodate the growing research lab, sales, office and warehouse needs.

Formation of AS-Ferro-Term Sp.z.o.o. in Lódz, Poland, and renamed in 2004 to AS-Polska Sp.o.o. in Lodz, Poland.

On 12 June 2008 AIChE celebrated its centennial in Philadelphia, the site of its original meeting 100 years ago.

Kimball Bend Bottling of CleburneKimball Bend was founded in 2009 and has emerged as a leader in the PETE and HDPE blow molding market.

On its 40th anniversary in 2015, Columbia expanded its product line into the decorative plating market with NiCOL bright and semi-bright nickel plating processes and TriCOL® trivalent chromium plating processes.