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The Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Birmingham, England, has its origins in the founding of the University. The introduction of courses in petroleum mining by John Cadman, Professor of Mining, in 1910 began a sequence of developments leading to the present day. The transition from a small activity within a Department of Mining, through the intermediate stage of Oil Engineering and Refining to a large and successful Department of Chemical Engineering is described.
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© 1989 Kluwer Academic Publishers
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Biddlestone, A.J., Bridgwater, J. (1989). From Mining to Chemical Engineering at the University of Birmingham. In: Peppas, N.A. (eds) One Hundred Years of Chemical Engineering. Chemists and Chemistry, vol 9. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2307-2_11
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