| LC control no. | nb 99104032 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Mercer, Frank Brian, 1927-1998 |
| Variant(s) | Mercer, Brian, 1927-1998 |
| See also | Founded corporate body: Netlon Ltd. Founded corporate body: Tensar International Limited |
| Associated country | Great Britain England |
| Associated place | Blackburn (England) |
| Birth date | 1927-12-22 |
| Death date | 1998-11-22 |
| Field of activity | Geogrids Civil engineering |
| Profession or occupation | Engineers Inventors |
| Found in | Frank Brian Mercer, O.B.E., 1999: p.1 (Dr. Brian Mercer; b. 22 Dec. 1927, d. 22 Nov. 1998) back cover (inventor of Netlon and Tensar polymeric materials) Wikipedia, viewed 13 Sept. 2016 (Frank Brian Mercer; English engineer, inventor and businessman; in the 1950s, Dr Brian Mercer invented the Netlon process, in which plastics are extruded into a net-like process in one stage; modern Tensar geogrids were invented by Dr. Mercer in the late 1970s and early 1980s for the construction industry to provide stabilisation and reinforcement and are now used throughout the world for soil reinforcement applications) |
| Associated language | eng |
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