See also:

• HERMANN, JOHANN GOTTFRIED JAKOB (1772–1848)
• HERMANN, KARL FRIEDRICH (1804–1855)

HERMANN VON See also:

• HERMANN VON FEHLING (1812—1885)

FEHLING (1812—1885)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

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
• COMPOSITION (Lat. compositio, from componere, to put together)

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
• CHEMISTRY (formerly "chymistry"; Gr. xvµela; for derivation see ALCHEMY)

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 (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

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 See also:

• FEHLING, HERMANN VON (1812—1885)

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 (a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch zout, Ger. Salz, Scand. salt; cognate with Gr. &Xs, Lat. sal)
• SALT, SIR TITUS, BART

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, SIR GERALD (1831–1899)
• GRAHAM, SIR JAMES ROBERT GEORGE
• GRAHAM, SYLVESTER (1794-1851)
• GRAHAM, THOMAS (1805-1869)

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 .