History of Chemistry

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History of Chemistry
Thomas Edward Thorpe
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The greater number of the pharmacopaeias of the seventeenth century are indebted to him for their descriptions of the mode of manufacture of their official preparations. He discovered sodium sulphate his sal mirabile, still frequently named after him and introduced it into medicine.
During this period the common mineral acids sulphuric, hydrochloric, and nitric became ordinary articles of commerce, and were used in the manufacture IATRO-CHEMISTRY S3 of a number of useful products, chiefly inorg
...anic salts. A considerable number of metallic oxides were also in common use, and were applied to a variety of purposes in the arts. The knowledge of definite organic sub- stances was much more limited. Acetic acid had long been known, but was first obtained in a concentrated form during this period by the distillation of verdigris. A number of other acetates were also known, as well as certain tartrates as, for example, salt of sorrel, Rochelle or seignette salt, and tartar emetic. Succinic and benzoic acid were introduced into medicine, and Tachenius discovered one of the characteristic acids of fat and oil (stearic acid).

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