James Ballantyne Hannay
Author, Deceased Person
1855 – 1931
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Who was James Ballantyne Hannay?
James Ballantyne Hannay was a Scottish chemist who believed he had synthesized diamond in 1880. However, modern testing showed that the surviving samples from his experiments were natural diamond, not synthetic. While his techniques were conducive to diamond formation, modern diamond production – not achieved until the 1950s – requires capabilities not available in Hannay's time.
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