
What is recorded here
This maroon commemorative plaque records: Chemist and Metallurgist Percy Carlyle Gilchrist FRS MICE MIMechE ARSM 1851-1935 Co-Inventor of a Process That Revolutionized the Manufacture of Steel Was Born Nearby at 8 Marine Parade Recorded plaque organisation: Retired Chartered Engineers' Club.
Percy Gilchrist, alongside Sidney Gilchrist Thomas, co-invented the basic oxygen process for steelmaking, which revolutionized steel production by enabling the removal of phosphorus, thus improving the quality and efficiency of steel manufacture.
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