Definition of Solvay

1. Noun. Belgian chemist who developed the Solvay process and built factories exploiting it (1838-1922).

Exact synonyms: Ernest Solvay
Generic synonyms: Chemist, Industrialist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Solvay

Solomon's seal
Solomon Guggenheim
Solomon Gundy
Solomon Hurok
Solomon Islander
Solomon Islanders
Solomon Islands
Solomonic
Solomons
Solon
Solong
Solothurn
Solovian
Solresol
Sols
Solvay
Solvay process
Solway Firth
Solzhenitsyn
Solzhenitsynian
Somal
Somali peninsula
Somalian
Somalian monetary unit
Somalian shilling
Somalians
Somaliland
Somalis

Literary usage of Solvay

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1899)
"The first radical departure from the prevalent beehive oven to the by-product retort oven was inaugurated in 1891 by the solvay Process Company, ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1890)
"This process is entirely protected by patents, and the solvay people do not ... In working with the cylinders in the solvay process we found that in a few ..."

3. Journal by Iron and Steel Institute (1892)
"The Semet solvay Coke-Oven. ... Six ovens were at first erected, and another 25 were then constructed by the solvay Company. At the Havre colliery four sets ..."

4. A Theoretical and Practical Treatise on the Manufacture of Sulphuric Acid by Georg Lunge (1896)
"Ernest solvay (whose brother Alfred also deserves great credit for developing ... I have it from solvay himself that he was originally under the impression ..."

5. Training Industrial Workers by Roy Willmarth Kelly (1920)
"APPENDIX D THE solvay PROCESS COMPANY TRAINING SCHOOL The solvay Process Company, solvay, NY, conducts a school with the aim of developing foremen in ..."

6. Training Industrial Workers by Roy Willmarth Kelly (1920)
"APPENDIX D THE solvay PROCESS COMPANY TRAINING SCHOOL The solvay Process Company, solvay, NY, conducts a school with the aim of developing foremen in ..."

7. Training Industrial Workers by Roy Willmarth Kelly (1920)
"APPENDIX D THE solvay PROCESS COMPANY TRAINING SCHOOL The solvay Process Company, solvay, NY, conducts a school with the aim of developing foremen in ..."

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