The International Industrial Gases Industry, 1886–2006
by
Raymond G. Stokes, Ralf Banken
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2015
The industrial gases industry originated in 1886, when a London-based company began producing high-purity oxygen. Initially, purified oxygen was a solution in search of a problem, but demand for it soared early in the twentieth century with the emergence of welding technology. By then, dramatic technological...