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Elkington An early electrolytic process for plating gold and silver from cyanide solutions. Invented by
J. Wright and then patented by G.R. and H. Elkington in 1840. First commercialized in Birmingham, United
Kingdom, in 1841.
British Patent 8447 (1840).
Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, George Richards Elkington. Revised 11 Mar 2013. Retrieved 20 Jul 2013.
Ellis A process for making isopropyl alcohol from light olen mixtures by treatment with concentrated sul-
furic acid. Operated in World War I by the Melco Chemical Company, as an intermediate for the production
of acetone for airplane “dope.”
Ellis, C., The Chemistry of ...