Golynos Chemical Works
Maker of sulphuric acid, of Talywaun, nr. Pontypool, Monmouthshire
1878 Two tinplate manufacturers, Josiah Richards and David Williams, together with Robert Lavender, a chemist, patented a process for recovering useful wastes from the works of the tinplate industry. [1]
1879 The company was formed to exploit the waste liquids of the tinplate industry. From the spent acid in which iron had been immersed it was intended to recover the sulphuric acid present, along with iron(II) sulphate and 'red oxide' (iron (III) oxide). Richards and Williams became subscribers to the new company, and Lavender became its manager.
Evaporating basins were installed at the Pontypool Tin Plate Works, all of whose effluent acid was to be thus processed but the process was more of a good idea than a commercial success.
1887 The company was officially dissolved but it may have ceased operation before that.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ London Gazette 3 Dec 1878
- Archives of the British chemical industry, 1750-1914: a handlist. By Peter J. T. Morris and Colin A. Russell. Edited by John Graham Smith. 1988.