John Stewart MacArthur

John Stewart MacArthur, photographed by Elliott & Fry

John Stewart MacArthur was a chemist from Glasgow. He is credited with the development of the MacArthur-Forrest cyanidation process in 1887, used to extract gold in South Africa. His patent for the process was voided. MacArthur died in 1920.

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References

  • Bernstein, Peter L. (2000). "The Power Of Gold: The History Of An Obsession" pp. 229–231. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN 0-471-25210-7



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