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Tango01 | 25 Nov 2015 3:07 p.m. PST |
… Dye That May Have Killed Napoleon. "If anyone tells you that all you need to do to succeed is work hard, just mention Carl Wilhelm Scheele. They'll say, "Who?" And your point will be proved. This may be the most accomplished chemist never to get credit for anything — except possibly accidentally killing a dictator. Carl Scheele didn't have a bad life. Other than dying young—although forty-three was a fairly decent age for a chemist in the 1700s—he met with relatively little calamity. Born to a wealthy and locally prominent family in 1742 in what is now Germany, he was tutored by educated friends of his father. Eventually he became an apothecary, which allowed him to pursue his interest in chemistry. The people around him recognized his scientific talent, and he was elected to the Royal Swedish Academy of Science, though he didn't go to meetings. That was a mistake. So was his reluctance to publicize his work. Scheele devised a way to study the properties of organic acids, precipitating them with lead or calcium salts before dissolving them again in new acids. By working steadily and carefully, he discovered twelve different acids. He turned his attention to metals and isolated several of them, including barium and molybdenum…" Full text here link Could be?… (smile) Amicalement Armand |
ochoin | 25 Nov 2015 3:36 p.m. PST |
except possibly accidentally killing a dictator. Which dictator did he kill? 87) |
Who asked this joker | 25 Nov 2015 4:00 p.m. PST |
His foresight in knowing he had to kill a dictator that far in the future is really impressive! |
Zargon | 25 Nov 2015 6:31 p.m. PST |
And with all those chemicals most likely himself ;/) |
Frederick | 25 Nov 2015 6:48 p.m. PST |
True story – one of the ways old school German chemists used to identify chemicals was by taste (and that can't be good) |
Tango01 | 26 Nov 2015 10:22 a.m. PST |
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