Edward Charles Howard: Explosives, meteorites, and sugar
To Edward Charles Howard (1774-1816), a self-educated scientist without formal education in chemistry, we owe the (accidental) discovery of mercury fulminate, the finding that meteorites contain nickel and have a composition different from any material originated in the earth, and the design of the vacuum evaporator and other accessories that resulted in a substantial improvement in the economic balance of sugar production.
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Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Química
2012
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0187-893X2012000200010 |
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