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FEHLING, HERMANN VON (1812—1885)

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FEHLING, HERMANN VON (1812—1885)

FEHLING, See also:
HERMANN, JOHANN GOTTFRIED JAKOB (1772–1848)
HERMANN, KARL FRIEDRICH (1804–1855)
HERMANN VON (1812—1885) , See also:

German chemist, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

LUBECK

Lubeck on the 9th of See also:

JUNE

June 1812. With the intention of taking up See also:

PHARMACY

pharmacy he entered See also:

HEIDELBERG

Heidelberg University about 1835, and after graduating went to See also:

GIESSEN

Giessen as preparateur to See also:

LIEBIG, JUSTUS VON, BARON (1803-1873)

Liebig, with whom he elucidated the See also:

composition of See also:

PARALDEHYDE

paraldehyde and metaldehyde. In 1839 on Liebig's recommendation he was appointed to the See also:

CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair of See also:

chemistry in the See also:

POLYTECHNIC (Gr. aroWus, many, and rEXvn, an art)

polytechnic at See also:

STUTTGART

Stuttgart, and held it till within three years of his See also:

DEATH

death, which happened at Stuttgart on the 1st of See also:

JULY

July 1885. His earlier See also:

WORK

work included an investigation of succinic See also:

ACID (from the Lat. root ac-, sharp; acere, to be sour)

acid, and the preparation of phenyl See also:

CYANIDE

cyanide (benzonitrile), the simplest nitrile of the aromatic See also:

SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series; but later his See also:

time was mainly occupied with questions of technology and public See also:

HEALTH

health rather than with pure chemistry. Among the See also:

ANALYTICAL

analytical methods worked up by him the best known is that for the estimation of sugars by Fehling's See also:

SOLUTION (from Lat. solvere, to loosen, dissolve)

solution," which consists of a solution of cupric sulphate mixed with See also:

ALKALI

alkali and See also:

POTASSIUM [symbol K (from kalium), atomic weight 39.114 0=16)]

potassium-See also:

SODIUM [symbol Na, from Lat. natrium; atomic weight 23.00 (0=16)]

sodium tartrate (Rochelle See also:

salt). He was a contributor to the Handworterbuch of Liebig, See also:

WOHLER, FRIEDRICH (1800-1882)

Wohler and See also:

POGGENDORFF, JOHANN CHRISTIAN (1796-1877)

Poggendorff, and to the See also:

Graham-See also:

OTTO

Otto Textbook of Chemistry, and for many years was a member of the See also:

COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee of revision of the See also:

PHARMACOPOEIA (lit. the art of the OapµaK07robbs, or drug-compounder)

Pharmacopoeia Germanica.

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