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Lammot du Pont I (April 13, 1831 – March 29, 1884) was a chemist and a key member of the du Pont family and its company in the mid-19th century. Early life.
26 de jul. de 2021 · An important member of the du Pont family during the late nineteenth century was Lammot du Pont I, son of Alfred and grandson of E.I. du Pont. Lammot was a chemist and began his career working to develop a cheaper way to make black powder, eventually realizing sodium nitrate was an adequate and cost-effective replacement for saltpeter.
Lammot du Pont. DuPont Corporation. 1926–1940. Industry: Chemicals & Industrial. Era: 1920. Under duPont’s leadership, researchers at duPont invented nylon, which revolutionized the textile industry.
Lammot du Pont I was a chemist and a key member of the du Pont family and its company in the mid-19th century. Background. He was born in 1831, the son of Alfred V. du Pont and grandson of French-born Éleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemours, the founder of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company.
In 1858, American industrialist Lammot du Pont began to make sodium nitrate, from which he made his own blasting powder. Du Pont's sodium nitrate blasting powder pro duced an explosive inferior to black pow der, but it remained good enough for many mining and construction applications— and it was a good deal cheaper.
Lammot du Pont (1831-1884) was an accomplished chemist and managed gunpowder manufacturing at the E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. (commonly referred to as the DuPont Company). He later organized the Repauno Chemical Company to manufacture dynamite.
Lammot du Pont advises health care industry organizations on business and technology strategies, planning and management services, and policy and communications. His particular focus is using health information technology to create effective health care delivery systems.
