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Gmelin's test |
| a qualitative method for determining if bilirubin is present in urine; urine is layered over nitric acid and if bilirubin is present, various coloured rings are seen at the junctions; also known as the Rosenbach-Gmelin test |
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| August 21 in chemistry |
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 1754 - William Murdoch born: coal gas for lighting; steam engine. |
| 1813 - Jean S. Stas born: chemical analysis and determination of atomic weights. |
| 1816 - Charles-Frédéric Gerhardt born: organic structures: theory of residues, theory of types, homologous series; atomic weights. |
| 1882 - Warren K. Lewis born: thermal properties of materials and colloids; MIT chemical engineer. |
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