H. W. Gepp

Sir **Herbert William Gepp** (pron. "Jepp") (28 Satumba 1877 - 14 Afrilu 1954) masanin kimiyyar masana'antu ne na Australiya, ɗan kasuwa kuma ma'aikacin gwamnati.

## Tarihi

An haifi Gepp a Adelaide, ɗan William John Gepp (1843 - 27 Maris 1915)  da matarsa Marian Gepp, née Rogers (c. 1848 - 11 Mayu 1915).

: William shi ne ɗan fari da ya tsira na likitan dabbobi Thomas Gepp, sen. (1809-1894), wanda ya isa Kudancin Australia a cikin jirgin ruwa Rapid a watan Agusta 1836.  Ɗan'uwan William Thomas Gepp, Yuni. (Yuli 1852 - 27 Agusta 1916) lauya ne wanda a watan Disamba 1888 aka zabe shi magajin garin Norwood da Kensington.

Ya yi karatu a makarantun jama'a, kuma ya sami tallafin karatu don halartar Kwalejin Prince Alfred, amma duk da kyakkyawan rikodin ilimi da raba Longbottom Scholarship a shekara ta 1893,  bai iya ci gaba zuwa Jami'ar Adelaide ba saboda yanayin iyali mai wahala. Ya shiga Australian Explosives and Chemical Co., Deer Park, Victoria, a matsayin cadet a 1893, kuma a 1896  ya yi karatun ilmin sunadarai na ɗan lokaci a ƙarƙashin Farfesa Masson a Jami'ar Melbourne. A shekara ta 1897 kamfanin Alfred Nobel's Explosives and Chemical Co ya karbe kamfanin. kuma a cikin 1898, har yanzu an rarraba shi a matsayin ƙaramin likitan sunadarai, an tura Gepp zuwa sabon hedikwatar kamfanin iyaye a Glasgow na tsawon shekaru biyu, kuma 'yan shekaru bayan dawowarsa an inganta shi zuwa manajan masana'antar Melbourne.

A cikin 1905, ya karɓi matsayin manajan farko na masana'antar masana'antar sulfuric acid ta Broken Hill wacce ke gab da ba da izini ga Kamfanin Zinc,  wanda Clark & Robinson da babban kamfanin London na Bewick, Moreing, da Kamfanin suka mallaka, sannan ya yi murabus a 1907 saboda rashin lafiya. 

A watan Maris na shekara ta 1907, ya karɓi iko da gudanarwar De Bavay Treatment Co., Ltd's zinc concentration plant,  kuma ya yi aiki a kan ci gaban tsarin flotation. A cikin 1909 kamfanin ya zama Amalgamated Zinc (De Bavay's) Limited tare da ofisoshi a Melbourne da London.

: A shekara ta 1911 zinc ya ci gaba daga "matsalar sulphide" zuwa wani layi mai fa'ida zuwa babban tushen samun kudin shiga ga Broken Hill. Yanzu akwai kamfanoni biyar da ke samar da zinc mai yawa ta hanyar flotation: Zinc Corporation; Amalgamated Zinc (De Bavay's); Central mine, Proprietary, da Birtaniya. Ana fitar da wannan galibi maimakon narkewa a Ostiraliya saboda rashin kayan aiki.

A lokacin barkewar yaki a shekara ta 1914 Gepp ya jagoranci kamfanin bindiga na sa kai a Broken Hill, kuma ya shiga cikin AIF na farko. Ya yi horo tare da kamfanin 12th Field Engineers a Fort Largs .  Duk da haka, Billy Hughes da William Baillieu sun kwace shi don ƙarfafa amfani da zinc na Australiya na Amurka, da kuma Andrew Fisher don bincika masana'antar makamai.

Yayinda yake Amurka, Gepp ya dauki Charles M. Warner na Kamfanin Dwight-Lloyd, masu samar da kayan gasa; Guy C. Riddell na AS & R., East Helena, Montana; da Gilbert Rigg na New Jersey Zinc don taimakawa tare da sabbin ayyukan zinc da ke hawa a Broken Hill, Port Pirie da Hobart. [undefined] A karkashin jagorancin Gepp, Amalgamated Zinc (De Bavay's) ya kafa wani reshe, Electrolytic Zinc don samar da ƙarfe na zinc a Risdon, Tasmania daga Broken Hill da Port Pirie suna mai da hankali ta amfani da wutar lantarki mai yawa da arha a lokacin.[undefined] A shekara ta 1917 an nada shi babban manajan sabon kamfanin, kuma tare da goyon baya daga Baillieu ya jagoranci masana'antar ta hanyar matakai masu wuya na gwaji. Ya jagoranci zane da kuma gina shuka mai matukin jirgi, ya kara shi har zuwa tan goma na 99.95% tsarkake zinc karfe a kowane mako sannan kuma shuka mai nauyin tan 100 a shekarar 1918.[2] Babban masanin bincike a ayyukan Risdon shine Roland D. Williams, wanda ke tare da Gepp a Broken Hill.[3][1]

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