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This Week in Chemistry: July 7 - July 13
July 07, 2008 at 01:36 AM
Analtech, Inc. is proud to provide this public service feature - This Week in Chemistry - a recap of major breakthroughs in chemistry as well as the commemoration of key individuals birthdates.
Analtech thanks Dr. Leopold May of The Catholic University of America forproviding this information - you can visit his web site by clicking here.
July 7
b. 1843 Camillo Golgi researcher in structure of the nervous system; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1906) with Santiago Ramon y Cajal in recognition of their work on the structure of the nervous system.
o Robert Goddard obtained patent for liquid fuel rocket, Patent #1,102,653 liquid-fuel gun rocket, 1914.
July 8
o Jason Cardell reported in Science (1994) that interstellar abundances of the elements including thallium and lead are detected in interstellar gas.
July 9
o Ford Motor Co. incorporated, 1919.
July 10
b. 1902 Kurt Adler developed the diene synthesis; Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1950) with Otto P. H. Diels for their discovery and development of the diene synthesis (Diels-Alder reaction).
July 11
b. 1811 William Robert Grove created forerunner of modern fuel cells (“gas voltaic battery”); first to demonstrate the thermal dissociation of molecules; crater on moon named after him.
b. 1927 Theodore Harold Maiman, invented the first operable laser; Ruby Laser Systems Laser, Patent Number 3,353,115.
July 12
b. 1635 Robert Hooke, researcher on the theory of gases & combustion. for his law of elasticity (Hooke's Law). "the father of microscopy" - it was Hooke who coined the term "cell" to describe the basic unit of life assisted Robert Boyle and built the vacuum pumps used in Boyle's gas law experiments.
b. 1810 Henri V. Regnault, researcher in thermometry, specific heats & expansion of gases; found carbon tetrachloride.
b. 1813 Claude Bernard discovered glycogen (1855); researched the digestion of food and the formation of glycogen in the liver; demonstrated that the digestion of glycogen begins in the stomach and continues in the intestine.
b. 1854 George Eastman invented Kodak & transparent film, Brownie camera, 1888, daylight loading film, 1891, & color film, 1928; manufacturer.
b. 1861 George Washington Carver isolated & synthesized over 400 products from peanuts & sweet potatoes.
b. 1928 Elias J. Corey, researcher in organic chemical synthesis & computers in chemistry: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1990) for his development of the theory and methodology of organic synthesis.
o Launching of first atomic powered merchant ship, 1959.
o Discovery of xenon (Xe, 54) by William Ramsay & Morris W. Travers, 1898.
July 13
b. 1527 John Dee, English alchemist.
b. 1826 Stanislao Cannizzaro convinced chemists of Avogadro's hypothesis; researcher in organic chemistry producing benzyl alcohol & benzoic acid from benzaldehyde.
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