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I. WILLIAM GOSSAGE. 



Youngest of thirteen children Born at 

 Burgh-in-the-Marsh Left school before he 



l<% was thirteen years of age Placed in drug- 

 1 gist's shop A man of genius Took out his 

 first patent, 1823 Gossage's patents tell the 

 story of his lifework His French teacher 

 Missed success in many inventions because no 

 engineer to carry out his ideas Started as 

 chemist and druggist at Leamington, 1828 

 "Leamington Salts" -With Mr. Fardon 

 founded a salt and alkali works at Stoke 

 Prior Gossage and Benson, patentees, as 

 makers of white lead, 1839 Benson the 

 Archbishop's father Gossage invented his 

 condensing towers, 1836 Paper on "History 

 of Alkali Manufacture" read before British 

 Association in Manchester, 1861 The bene- 

 ficent effects of Gossage's inventions Antici- 

 pates the more perfect inventions of Weldon, 

 Mond and Chance, in recovery of manganese 

 from still liquors, and of sulphur from vat 

 waste Gossage's sodium sulphide process 

 Gossage and Hussey Vivian's patent for 



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