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Portrait of Thomas Midgley, Jr. (1889-1944)
- 1930s – circa
Portrait of Thomas Midgley, Jr. (1889-1944), an American engineer and chemist who discovered the effectiveness of tetraethyl lead as an antiknock additive for gasoline.

Thomas Midgley, Jr. was born on May 18, 1889 in…
- Publisher Blank & Stoller N.Y.
- Subject Refrigeration and refrigerating machinery--Research, Chemists, Portraits, Midgley, Thomas, 1889-1944, Chemical engineers, Gasoline--Anti-knock and anti-knock mixtures, Internal combustion engines