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Article: Osmond, Floris
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OSMOND, FLORIS
(
b.
Paris, France, 10 March 1849;
d.
St. Leu, seine-et-Oise, France, 18 June 1912),
metallography
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Osmond studied metallurgy under Samson Jordan at the
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cole Centralc des Arts et Manufactures. After a short period with the Fives-Lille machine shop he joined Denain et Anzin, where he worked with Bessemer and open-hearth installations. From 1880 to 1884 Osmond was chief of the chemical laboratory of Schneider, Creusot, where he began his microscopic study of iron and steel in collaboration with a colleague in the physical testing laboratories. After 1884 Osmond, who was of a retiring disposition, left active business and returned to Paris, where he continued his ...