Eminent chemists of our time . vation of mass. 1808. D alt on: atomic theory. 1811. Avogadro: molecules. 1828. Wohler: synthesis of urea—the first case of theartificial production of a typical animal product. 1856. Perkin: discovery of mauve, the first dye ob-tained from coal-tar. 1858. Cannizzaro: atom and molecule. 1865. Kekule suggests ring formula for benzene. 1869. Mendeleeff: periodic system of the elements. 1874. vant Hoff and Le Bel: structural chemistry(theory of the asymmetric carbon atom). 1876. Remsen is appointed professor of chemistry atJohns Hopkins University. 1884. Victor Meye
Eminent chemists of our time . vation of mass. 1808. D alt on: atomic theory. 1811. Avogadro: molecules. 1828. Wohler: synthesis of urea—the first case of theartificial production of a typical animal product. 1856. Perkin: discovery of mauve, the first dye ob-tained from coal-tar. 1858. Cannizzaro: atom and molecule. 1865. Kekule suggests ring formula for benzene. 1869. Mendeleeff: periodic system of the elements. 1874. vant Hoff and Le Bel: structural chemistry(theory of the asymmetric carbon atom). 1876. Remsen is appointed professor of chemistry atJohns Hopkins University. 1884. Victor Meyer discovers thiophene, opening up an immense chapter in organic chemistry. 1885. Emil Fischer begins work on the synthesis of sugars. 1886. Moissan: isolation of fluorine. 1887. vant Hoff: theory of solution. 1887. Arrhenius: theory of electrolytic dissociation. 1894. Ramsay and Raleigh discover argon. 1898. Mme. Curie: radium. 1913. Moseley: atomic numbers (see the article on Richards). 1914. Richards: radioactive lead. XVI. /#-^^^ Icu31924012363143
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