This image may not be used to state or imply the endorsement by the Science History Institute of any product, service or activity, or to concur with a
This image may not be used to state or imply the endorsement by the Science History Institute of any product, service or activity, or to concur with an opinion or confirm the accuracy of any text appearing alongside or in logical association with the image. This image may not be used to state or imply the endorsement by the Science History Institute of any product, service or activity, or to concur with an opinion or confirm the accuracy of any text appearing alongside or in logical association with the image. Edward Goodrich Acheson (1856-1931), US chemist. Acheson had a limited formal education, attending the Bellefonte Academy, Pennsylvania, USA, for three years (1870-2). After work as a railroad surveying assistant, he was employed from 1880 to 1884 by Thomas Edison, carrying out research on carbon, carbon arc lights, and electric furnaces. Acheson's research led to what is now called the Acheson process, a method to produce silicon carbide (carborundum) and graphite. Acheson was a member of the Electrochemical Society. He was awarded the Franklin Institute's John Scott Medal (1894 and 1901) and the Perkin Medal (1910).
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