William Merriam Burton (November 17, 1865 – December 29, 1954) was an American chemist who developed a widely used thermal cracking process for crude oil...
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The Burton process is a thermal cracking process invented by William Merriam Burton and Robert E. Humphreys, both of whom held a PhD in chemistry from...
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engineer, photographer and photography writer William Merriam Burton (1865–1954), American chemist William John Burton (1908–1985), New Zealand lithographic draughtsman...
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In the first decade of the 20th century the American engineers William Merriam Burton and Robert E. Humphreys independently developed and patented a similar...
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George Buksar, football player George Burman, football player William Merriam Burton, worked at the Standard Oil refinery in Whiting; became president...
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Michael Brooks (historian, journalist) (Toledo) William Merriam Burton (chemist) (Cleveland) William Campbell (astronomer) (Hancock County) Richard E...
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chemist and past honorary president of Society of Chemical Industry William Merriam Burton (1865–1954), American chemist, developed the first thermal cracking...
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oil spill. William P. Cowan, 1911–1918 Lauren J. Drake, 1918 William Merriam Burton, 1919–1927 Edward George Seubert, 1927–1945 Alonzo William Peake, 1945–1955...
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1913, William Merriam Burton, working as a chemist for the Standard Oil of Indiana refinery at Whiting, Indiana, was granted a patent for the Burton thermal...
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Rubinstein, American pianist, composer and teacher (b. 1898) 1954 – William Merriam Burton, American chemist (b. 1865) 1956 – Miles Vandahurst Lynk, American...
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original on May 20, 2020. Retrieved January 4, 2020. "NIHF Inductee William Burton and Catalytic Cracking". www.invent.org. April 6, 2024. Archived from...
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Ottoman Empire began training its own pilots and flight officers. William Merriam Burton applied for the patent of the thermal cracking process that he had...
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examine why it capsized before it was re-commissioned into service. William Merriam Burton was awarded U.S. Patent No. 1,049,667 for his thermal cracking process...
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love". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Gillette, Hope (12 April 2022). "This Is Platonic Love". Psych Central. Mish, F (1993). Merriam-Webster's...
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hairstyles Beard Moustache Sideburns Soul patch Van Dyke beard "goatee". Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Retrieved 12 April 2024. Howard, Rebecca (10 September...
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Webster's Dictionary. Retrieved 17 March 2018. "apologia pro vita sua". Merriam-Webster. The Arma Christi in Medieval and Early Modern Material Culture:...
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Retrieved 23 March 2023. "7 Bonzer Aussie Words". Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 20 November 2021. Burton, Gideon O. "Meiosis". Silva Rhetoricae. Archived...
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many or all taxons in a particular biological family, class, or clade. Merriam-Webster writes that most terms of venery fell out of use in the 16th century...
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List of works influenced by One Thousand and One Nights "Scheherazade". Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 27 April 2019. Marzolph, Ulrich (2017). "Arabian Nights"...
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Lexicon, on Perseus "Definition of DEVIL". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 23 April 2016. Jeffrey Burton Russell (1987). The Devil: Perceptions of Evil...
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"wistfulness". "Definition of Moroseness". Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Retrieved 2022-12-07. "Definition of Wistfulness". Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Retrieved December...
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misinterpretation of Is 14.12)." Luke 10:18 The Merriam-Webster New Book of Word Histories. Merriam-Webster. 1991. p. 280. ISBN 978-0-87779-603-9. Retrieved...
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Leighton and in 1637 still other Puritans, John Bastwick, Henry Burton, and William Prynne. In Scotland one of the Covenanters, James Gavin of Douglas...
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Meng Democratic 6th January 3, 2013 – present Queens Incumbent Clinton L. Merriam Republican 20th March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873 Locust Grove ? 21st March...
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Historical Association. Retrieved 7 September 2017. Merriam, Charles E. (1926). "Masters of Social Science: William Archibald Dunning". Social Forces. 5 (1): 1–8...
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(London newspaper). October 20 – A day after the death of Richard Francis Burton in Trieste, his widow, Isabel, burns his journals, a revised translation...
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and Germany', slaying friend and enemy alike". "Word of the Day: Hoise". Merriam-Webster. Archived from the original on 2020-07-30. Retrieved 2020-03-17...
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against conservative Republican and anti-labor incumbent Governor Frank Merriam. Merriam, known for suppressing the 1934 Longshore Strike and his conservative...
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especially for enclosing land or livestock": [Definition of "hurdle"], Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, retrieved 11 October 2007. A blue plaque identifies...
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