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Alexandre Tropenas (c1860-1915) | |||
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''' 1915 Obituary <ref> [[1915 Iron and Steel Institute: Obituaries]] </ref> | ''' 1915 Obituary <ref> [[1915 Iron and Steel Institute: Obituaries]] </ref> | ||
ALEXANDRE TROPENAS died on July 14, 1915, at the age of fifty-five. | |||
He introduced the Tropenas converter for the production of steel castings. The first converter of this type, having a capacity of 800 lbs., was put down at the works of [[Edgar Allen and Co|Messrs. Edgar Allen & Co.]], Sheffield, about 1891. The process was also adopted at [[Woolwich Arsenal]]. It was introduced into the United States in 1901. | |||
He was a member of the Societe des Ingenieurs Civils de France, and was elected a member of the Iron and Steel Institute in 1894. | |||
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Revision as of 15:33, 11 November 2015
Alexandre Tropenas (c1860-1915)
1915 Obituary [1]
ALEXANDRE TROPENAS died on July 14, 1915, at the age of fifty-five.
He introduced the Tropenas converter for the production of steel castings. The first converter of this type, having a capacity of 800 lbs., was put down at the works of Messrs. Edgar Allen & Co., Sheffield, about 1891. The process was also adopted at Woolwich Arsenal. It was introduced into the United States in 1901.
He was a member of the Societe des Ingenieurs Civils de France, and was elected a member of the Iron and Steel Institute in 1894.
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