Oliver Patterson Watts (July 16, 1865 – February 6, 1953) was a professor of chemical engineering and applied electrochemistry at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Born in Thomaston, Maine, Watts received his bachelor's degree from Bowdoin College in 1889.[1] He received his doctoral degree in 1905;[1] he was the first person to be awarded a Ph.D. in chemical engineering at the University of Wisconsin, where he served as a professor until 1935,[2] after which he was an emeritus professor in the university's college of engineering.[3] Watts is known for his development of the hot nickel plating bath known as the "Watts Bath", which he first described in a paper published in 1915.[2][4][5]

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  1. 1 2 "Dr. Oliver P. Watts, Pioneer in Electro Chemistry, Dies (continued)". The Capital Times. February 6, 1953. p. 2. Retrieved January 18, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. 1 2 "Dr. Oliver P. Watts, Pioneer in Electro Chemistry, Dies". The Capital Times. February 6, 1953. p. 1. Retrieved January 17, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ↑ "Dr. Oliver P. Watts". The Capital Times. February 7, 1953. p. 3. Retrieved January 15, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ↑ "Watts, Oliver Patterson 1865 - 1953". Dictionary of Wisconsin History. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved May 29, 2011.
  5. ↑ Laboratory-Course-in-Electrochemistry


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