Tokuhichi Mishima (三島 徳七 Mishima Tokuhichi, February 24, 1893 – November 19, 1975) was a Japanese metallurgist. Events 303 - Galerius, Roman Emperor, publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1095 - The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Metallurgy is a domain of Materials science that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metallic elements, their intermetallic compounds, and their He discovered that aluminum restored magnetism to non-magnetic nickel steel. A magnet (from Greek grc μαγνήτης λίθος " Magnesian stone" is a material or object that produces a Magnetic field. Nickel (ˈnɪkəl is a metallic Chemical element with the symbol Ni and Atomic number 28 He invented MKM steel, which was an extremely inexpensive magnetic substance that has been used in many applications. MKM steel, an Alloy containing Nickel and Aluminum, was developed in 1931 by the Japanese Metallurgist Tokuhichi Mishima It is also closely related to the modern Alnico magnets. Alnico is an acronym referring to alloys which are composed primarily of Aluminium (symbol Al) Nickel (symbol Ni) and Cobalt (symbol He later became a professor at the Tokyo Imperial University. The, abbreviated as, is a major Research university located in Tokyo, Japan. He received the Blue Ribbon Award and the Large Asahi Ribbon Award.