Ernest Solvay (April 16, 1838 - May 26, 1922) was an Belgian chemist, industrialist and philanthropist. Born at Rebecq, an illness prevented him from going to university. He worked in his uncle's chemical factory from the age of 21. In 1861, he developed the ammonia-soda process for the manufacture of soda ash (anhydrous sodium carbonate) from brine (as a source of sodium chloride) and limestone (as a source of calcium carbonate). Wikipedia
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Ernest Solvay was born in 1838, the son of a quarry master from Rebecq-Rognon in Belgium. From a very young age he exhibited a passion for physics, chemistry and natural history, and at the age of 23 he and his brother Alfred developed a new process for www.solvay.com/about/history/ernestsolvay/0,,10502-2-0,00...
Ernest Solvay (1838-1922) was the son of a quarry master from Rebecq -Rognon. At the age of 23, he developed with his brother Alfred a new process for the industrial production of sodium carbonate. They founded the company Solvay & Cie on December 24, 1 www.crwflags.com/fotw/Flags/be-wnajs.html
