| 单词 | burton, william merriam |
| 释义 | Burton, William MerriamBurton, William Merriam(1865–1954) inventor; born in Cleveland, Ohio. Trained as a chemist, he went to work for Standard Oil and eventually became a refinery superintendent. He devised the first successful "cracking" process for yielding gasoline from crude oil, an essential step in the development of the automobile industry. |
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