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Biographies of Scots and Scots Descendants (D) Dewar, James
(Sir)
(1842-1923) Scottish chemist. In 1888, with
Sir Frederick Abel, he invented Cordite. He performed many experiments
with gases and in 1891 succeeded in obtaining liquid oxygen, liquid
nitrogen and finally liquid hydrogen in 1898. He introduced thermos flasks
into science and industry, but did not capitalize on his invention
commercially.
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