See also:

• HENRI

HENRI See also:

• HENRI MOISSAN (1852-1907)

MOISSAN (1852-1907)  , See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French chemist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris on the 28th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1852 . Educated at the Museum of Natural See also:

• HISTORY

History, he was successively See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of See also:

• TOXICOLOGY

toxicology (r886) and of inorganic See also:

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

chemistry (1889) at the School of See also:

• PHARMACY

Pharmacy, and of See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general chemistry at the See also:

• SORBONNE

Sorbonne (1900) . In 1886 he succeeded in obtaining the See also:

• ELEMENT (Lat. elementum)

element See also:

• FLUORINE (symbol F, atomic weight 19)

fluorine in the See also:

• FREE

free See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state by the See also:

• ELECTROLYSIS (formed from Gr. Xbety, to loosen)

electrolysis of See also:

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

potassium fluoride and anhydrous hydrofluoric See also:

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

acid at a See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low temperature . Thence he was led to study the See also:

• PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production of See also:

• CARBON (symbol C, atomic weight 12)

carbon in its three varieties and to See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt the artificial preparation of See also:

• DIAMOND

diamond, of which he was able to make some See also:

• MINUTE
• MINUTE (Lat. minutes, small; minuere, to make less)

minute specimens (see GEMS, § Artificial) . In connexion with these experiments he See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed the electric See also:

• FURNACE

furnace as a convenient means of obtaining very high temperatures in the laboratory; and by its aid he prepared many new compounds, especially carbides, silicides and borides, and melted and volatilized substances which had previously been regarded as infusible . For his preparation of fluorine he wasawarded the Lacase See also:

• PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize in 1887, and in 1906 he obtained the See also:

• NOBEL, ALFRED BERNHARD (1833-1896)

Nobel prize for chemistry . He died in Paris on the 20th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1907 . His published See also:

• WORKS

works include Le four electrique (1897), and Le fluor et ses composes (1900), besides 'numerous papers in the Comptes rendus and other scientific See also:

• PERIODICALS

periodicals . A Traite de chimie minerale in five volumes was published under his direction in 1904-1906 .