jan 1, 1923 - Steam reforming, the first synthetic methanol is produced by BASF in Leuna J. B. S. Haldane envisioned in Daedalus; or, Science and the Future "great power stations where during windy weather the surplus power will be used for the electrolytic decomposition of water into oxygen and hydrogen."
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jan 1, 1923
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