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August 13, 1867. James Shanks died.—Trained at Glasgow University, Shanks abandoned medicine for practical chemistry and in 1836 was employed by Gossage in the erection of his condensing towers. He then became connected with the firm of Joseph Crosfield and Sons, Ltd., at St. Helens; among the notable improvements he made being the introduction of the “Shanks' Vats” used for the lixiviation of black-ash in the production of alkali.
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S., E. Calendar of Industrial Pioneers. Nature 110, 234 (1922). https://doi.org/10.1038/110234a0
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