The New International Encyclopædia/Arents, Albert

ARENTS, ä'rents, Albert (1840—). A German-American metallurgist. He was born at Klausthal, Germany, and studied mining engineering there, and at Berlin. In 1865 he came to the United States and undertook to treat the lead ores in Hampden County, Mass. He was subsequently connected, as metallurgist and mining engineer, with a number of enterprises in the Western States, and patented many valuable industrial improvements.