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THE death of Sir Arthur Duckham, which occurred with tragic suddenness on Feb. 14, is a great loss to the nation. He stood in the forefront of British industries and, at the age of fifty-two years, in the fullness of his powers, seemed destined to play a great part in the campaign that lies before our industrial leaders. Trained as an engineer under the enlightened regime of Sir George Livesey at the South Metropolitan Gas Company's works, Arthur Duckham evinced at an early age the inventive skill, enterprise, and energy which bespoke a great future. In conjunction with Col. H. W. Woodall at Bournemouth, he brought to success the well-known Woodall-Duckham process for the continuous carbonisation of coal in vertical retorts. From this achievement he passed to other work connected with furnace construction and carbonisation, and built up the great organisation of Woodall-Duckham enterprises, of which he was the leading spirit.
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Sir Arthur Duckham, G.B.E., K.C.B. Nature 129, 338 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/129338a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/129338a0