 1737 - Louis Bernard Guyton de Morveau born: one-time defender of phlogiston theory, chemical affinities, chemical nomenclature. |
| 1874 - John Edgar Teeple born: industrial chemistry and chemical economics; Perkin medal. |
| 1891 - Herbert Henry Dow, founder of Dow Chemical, prepared bromine from brine. |
| 1905 - Aristid V. Grosse born: isolated protactinium (Pa, element 91); U-235 fission by slow neutrons. |
sources: http://webserver.lemoyne.edu/faculty/giunta/week.html, http://todayinsci.com
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