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Crude Sciences

D Trahan

The growth of companies and countries has been shaped by a fascinating tapestry of inventors and their groundbreaking creations, which unfold as a collection of captivating short stories.

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Charles Franklin Kettering: The Practical Inventor Who Refused to Stand Still

The story of Charles Franklin Kettering begins where so many great American invention stories begin, on a farm. Born August 29, 1876, near Loudonville, Ohio, young Charles was the fourth of five children raised by Jacob and Martha Kettering...

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Beneath the Riches: Oil, Authoritarian Control, and the Long Unraveling of an Industry

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CrudeSciences has, until now, been a place to explore how discovery happens: how chemistry, physics, and engineering emerged through individual insight, patient experimentation, and the slow accumulation of knowledge. It...

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Seconds to Viscosity: The Story of the Marsh Funnel

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Everyone who has worked around a modern drilling or completion rig is familiar with the term “Marsh Funnel.” Do they know where that name came from?

Engineer and inventor, Halan N. Marsh (sometimes referred to as H....

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Willard H. Dow, Visionary Chemist

Herbert H. Dow, founder of The Dow Chemical Company, died in October 1930, just as the Great Depression began. He was succeeded by his 33-year-old son, Willard H. Dow (1897 – 1949), who took over as president and led the company through one...

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Herbert H. Dow, Electrochemical Pioneer

In the chilly northern town of Belleville, Ontario, a boy was born in 1866 to a man who could not leave well enough alone. J. Henry Dow, the father of Herbert Henry Dow, was a prolific inventor. He would bring home engineering problems from...

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    As a science researcher, inventor, energy industry entrepreneur, and science history writer, I am fascinated by the history of science in the early to mid 20th century and write about it. (crudesciences.substack.com)

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