Charles M. Hall, an American pioneer of the electrochemical industry.

Hall, Charles Martin, 1863-1914

Pan-American Exposition--(1901 : Buffalo, N.Y.)--Portraits

Formal studio portrait of Charles M. Hall as a young man in a dark suit with a high-collared shirt and tie. The background is plain and softly shaded. Charles Martin Hall was an American inventor, businessman, and chemist. He is best known for his invention in 1886 of an inexpensive method for producing aluminum, specifically, the electrolytic process of reducing aluminum which became the first metal to attain widespread use since the prehistoric discovery of iron. Hall was a co-founder of the Pittsburgh Reduction Company in 1888 which was later renamed ALCOA in 1907.

"Pioneers of Electrochemistry -- I. Charles M. Hall." Electrochemical Industry, v.1 (1901/02) p.10.

State University of New York at Buffalo. University Libraries

1901

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