1852 - Ferdinand-Frédéric-Henri Moissan born: first to isolate fluorine (F, element 9); electrical furnace for preparation of metal and silicon carbides; Nobel Prize, 1906. |
1881 - Solvay Process Company incorporated. |
1908 - Lise Meitner and Otto Hahn meet. Their collaboration leads, 30 years later, to the experimental detection and interpretation of fission. |
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