Friedrich Heeren Explained
| Friedrich Heeren |
| Birth Date: | 11 August 1803 |
| Birth Place: | Hamburg Germany |
| Nationality: | German |
| Death Place: | Hanover Germany |
Friedrich Heeren (11 August 1803 - 2 May 1885) was a German chemist.
He received his doctorate in Göttingen, and from 1831 was an instructor of technological-chemical subjects at the Polytechnic School in Hannover (Höheren Gewerbeschule). Here he taught classes in physics, mineralogy and chemistry.[1]
With technologist Karl Karmarsch (1803-1879), he published a technical dictionary (Technisches Wörterbuch).[2] Also, with Karmarsch, he developed a process for the preparation of gun cotton.[3] [4] [5] In 1881 he introduced an apparatus for the testing of milk (lactometer, patent# 241655).[6]
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Notes and References
- http://www.tiho-hannover.de/kliniken-institute/institute/institut-fuer-lebensmitteltoxikologie-und-chemische-analytik/profil-struktur/chemische-analytik/geschichte-des-chemischen-instituts/the-history-of-the-institute-of-chemistry/ Stiftung Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover, The History of the Institute of Chemistry
- https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/637616305 WorldCat Titles
- http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/friedrich-heeren/ Treccani.it
- https://books.google.com/books?id=PVQKAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22gun+cotton%22+Heeren&pg=PA173 Google Books
- https://books.google.com/books?id=dg5AAAAAYAAJ&dq=Heeren+%22Gun+cotton%22&pg=PA678 Google Books
- https://books.google.com/books?id=3hJLAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22Friedrich+Heeren%22+milk&pg=PA1258 Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, Volume 19
