1. Dobereiner's Lighter
2. Prior to
Sabatier’s seminal work, the catalytic hydrogenation
of vegetable oils was supposedly reported by James F. Boyce. However,
to our knowledge, the earliest written record of Boyce’s work
appears in a patent from 1913: Boyce, J. Process of Producing an Edible Compound. U.S. Patent 1061254, May 6, 1913.
3. Smil, V. Enriching the Earth: Fritz Haber, Carl Bosch, and the Transformation of World Food Production; MIT Press: Cambridge, MA, 2004; pp 68–107.