Graduated from the Dneprodzerzhinsk Metallurgical Institute and became an engineer in the iron and steel industries of eastern Ukraine.

Awarded the Bessemer Gold Medal for outstanding services to the steel industry, by the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining.

Dr. Shanefield is the author of two college textbooks, "Organic Additives And Ceramic Processing" (Kluwer Acad. Publ., 1996) and "Industrial Electronics For Engineers, Chemists And Technicians" (William Andrew Publ., 2001).

Bainite is named in his honor. Bainite is a mostly metallic substance that exists in steel after certain heat treatments. First described by Davenport E. S. and Edgar Bain, it forms when austenite (a solution of carbon in iron) is rapidly cooled past a critical temperature of 1333°F (about 723°C).

In 1615, he and Richard Chaldecott of London took over two furnaces and a forge of the king's ironworks in the Forest of Dean, but in 1618, they were accused of illegal felling and their lease was suspended.

He was a Professor of Metallurgy at Université Laval and was Head of the Department of Mining and Metallurgy.

Made his fortune by inventing a machine for making fine brass powder. He also invented a ship which was to save her passengers from the miseries of mal de mer. The boat would have had her saloon mounted in such a way as to be free to swing relatively to the boat herself, and the idea was that this saloon should always be maintained steady and level, no matter how rough the sea. For this purpose hydraulic mechanism of Bessemer's design was arranged under the control of an attendant, whose duty it was to keep watch on a spirit-level, and counteract by proper manipulation of the apparatus any deviation from the horizontal that might manifest itself on the floor of the saloon owing to the rolling of the vessel.

Best known for his discoveries of kerosene (essential to rocket fuels), paraffin (a waxy solid added to many foods), and phenol (an antiseptic and anesthetic, used against sore throats).

Tyson was among the first to make the connection between the occurrence of chromite and serpentine barrens, areas of sparse vegetation on metal-rich and inhospitable serpentine deposits.

Invented the Kroll process; a pyrometallurgical industrial process used to produce metallic titanium.

Boyle's Law states that the product of the volume and pressure of a fixed quantity of an ideal gas is constant, given constant temperature.