Person

Ashcroft, Edgar Arthur (1864 - 1938)

Born
5 September 1864
Sunderland, Durham, England
Died
24 August 1938
Polton, Mid-Lothian, Scotland
Occupation
Electrical engineer, Inventor, Mechanical engineer and Metallurgist

Summary

Edgar Arthur Ashcroft was an inventor, engineer and metallurgist.

In 1894, while employed at Broken Hill Proprietary Ltd., he patented a process for the extraction of zinc from refractory sulphide ores using electrolysis.

In 1895 The Sulphide Corporation Ltd bought the rights to Ashcroft's process.

In consultation with Ashcroft, the Sulphide Corporation Ltd constructed the first electrolytic zinc works in 1897 at Cockle Creek, New South Wales.

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Chronology

c. 1890 - 1894
Career position - Electrician and metallurgist with Broken Hill Proprietary Ltd (BHP)
1893
Career event - Invented a steam generator that used hot slag
1894
Career event - Patented the Ashcroft Process - electrolytic process that recovers zinc from refractory sulphide ores
1895
Career event - The Sulphide Corporation Ltd purchased the Ashcroft Process
1895 - 1897
Career position - Councillor of the Australasian Institute of Mining Engineers

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