Shmith, Harry Woolf

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Harry Woolf Shmith was a freelance industrial experimenter and inventor who worked for George Nicholas. They purified aspirin crystals in 1915 by solution and reprecipitation in ether. Due to early losses Shmith sold out his interest in the business.

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1915 - 1915 Harry Shmith and George Nicholas apply for the right to take over the Bayer trade name 'Aspirin'
1915 It was reported in the Melbourne Herald that Shmith and Nicholas were granted a licence to manufacture 'Aspirin' by the Federal Attorney General, Mr. W.M. Hughes

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Nicholas, George Richard Rich (1884 - 1960) - Worked on the purification of 'Aspirin' [1915]

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Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=P003948. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: Rosanne Walker
Created: 25 May 2001
Modified: 25 May 2006

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