KARL See also:

• FRIEDRICH, JOHANN (1836— )

FRIEDRICH See also:

• KARL FRIEDRICH WENZEL (1740-1793)

WENZEL (1740-1793)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German metallurgist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• DRESDEN

Dresden in 1740 . Disliking his See also:

• FATHER

father's See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade of See also:

• BOOKBINDING

bookbinding, for which he was intended, he See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home 111 1755, and after taking lessons in See also:

• SURGERY
• SURGERY (Fr. chirurgie, from Gr. Xetpoupyfa, i.e. hand-work)

surgery and See also:

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

chemistry, at See also:

• AMSTERDAM
• AMSTERDAM (NEw AMSTERDAM)

Amsterdam, became a See also:

• SHIP

ship's surgeon in the Dutch service . In 1766, tired of See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-See also:

• LIFE

life, he went to study chemistry at See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, and afterwards devoted himself to metallurgy and See also:

• ASSAYING

assaying at his native See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place with such success that in 178o he was appointed chemist to the See also:

• FREIBERG, or FREYBERG

Freiberg foundries by the elector of See also:

• SAXONY
• SAXONY (Ger. Provinz Sachsen)

Saxony . In 1785 he became See also:

• ASSESSOR (Lat. assessare, assidere, to sit by)

assessor to the superintending See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board of the foundries, and in 1786 chemist to the See also:

• PORCELAIN

porcelain See also:

• WORKS

works at See also:

• MEISSEN

Meissen . He died at Freiberg on the 26th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1793 . In consequence of the quantitative analyses he performed of a large number of salts, he has been credited with the See also:

• DISCOVERY

discovery of the See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law of neutralization ( Vorlesungen fiber See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

die chemische Verwandtschaft der Korper, 1777) . But this attribution rests on a See also:

• MISTAKE (i.e. take amiss)

mistake first made by J . J . See also:

• BERZELIUS, JONS JAKOB (1779-1848)

Berzelius and copied by subsequent writers, and See also:

• WENZEL, KARL FRIEDRICH (1740-1793)

Wenzel's published See also:

• WORK

work (as pointed out by G . H . See also:

• HESS
• HESS, HEINRICH HERMANN JOSEF, FREIHERR VON (1788-1870)

Hess in 184o) does not See also:

• WARRANT (Med. Lat. warantum; O. Fr. garant, warant, derived from O.H.G. root represented in modern German bygewdhren)

warrant the conclusion that he realized the existence of any law of invariable and reciprocal proportions in the combinations of acids and bases .