Acheson
['ætʃisn]
Definition
(noun.) United States statesman who promoted the Marshall Plan and helped establish NATO (1893-1971).
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Examples
- Acheson, the inventor of carborundum, who built a number of plants in Italy and France before he returned home. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Acheson, formerly one of his staff: I once made an experiment in Edison's laboratory at Menlo Park during the latter part of 1880, and the results were not as looked for. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In Fig. 23 is seen the Acheson electric furnace for producing carborundum. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Acheson, Worth, Crosby, Herrick, and Hill, while Doctor Haid was placed by Mr. Edison in charge of a special chemical laboratory. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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