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    Johann Rudolf Glauber (10 March 1604 – 16 March 1670) was a German-Dutch alchemist and chemist. Some historians of science have described him as one of...
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    chemist Johann Rudolf Glauber (1604–1670) believed that the alkahest was a class of substances, rather than one, particular substance. Glauber believed...
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    first chemical engineer of any eminence". Others have suggested Johann Rudolf Glauber (1604–1670) for his development of processes for the manufacture...
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  • Roy J. Glauber (1925–2018), American physicist Johann Rudolf Glauber, Dutch-German alchemist and chemist Glauber Rocha, Brazilian filmmaker Glauber (footballer...
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    as Glauber's salt. The decahydrate of sodium sulfate is known as Glauber's salt after the Dutch–German chemist and apothecary Johann Rudolf Glauber (1604–1670)...
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    hours. The chemical garden was first observed and described by Johann Rudolf Glauber in 1646. In its original form, the chemical garden involved the...
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  • is used for hydrochloric acid production. In the 17th century, Johann Rudolf Glauber from Karlstadt am Main, Germany used sodium chloride salt and sulfuric...
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  • repeated by Michael Maier, physician and counselor to the "alchemical emperor" Rudolf II, in his symbola aureae mensae (Frankfurt, 1617), referring to a Liber...
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  • hydrogen by Johann Baptista van Helmont. First to use the word "gas". Johann Rudolf Glauber discovers sodium sulfate (sal mirabilis or "Glauber's salt", used...
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    Mancha, Spain. It was named for the extracted Glauber's salts after the German alchemist Johann Rudolf Glauber (1604–1668). Glauberite often forms in continental...
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    agent, declaring it superior to other treatments he used. In 1658, Johann Rudolf Glauber outlined the methods to produce wood vinegar during charcoal making...
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    found rendered as Jan-Baptiste van Helmont, Johannes Baptista van Helmont, Johann Baptista von Helmont, Joan Baptista van Helmont, and other minor variants...
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    Khunrath Hennig Brand Isaac Newton Jakob Böhme Jan Baptist van Helmont Johann Rudolf Glauber John Dee Michael Maier Michael Sendivogius Paracelsus Pierre-Jean...
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    he was active in Prague, at the famously open-minded court of Emperor Rudolf II. In Poland, he appeared at the court of King Sigismund III Vasa around...
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    Khunrath Hennig Brand Isaac Newton Jakob Böhme Jan Baptist van Helmont Johann Rudolf Glauber John Dee Michael Maier Michael Sendivogius Paracelsus Pierre-Jean...
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    Elena Tarabotti, Venetian nun and feminist (d. 1652) March 10 – Johann Rudolf Glauber, German-Dutch alchemist and chemist (approximate date; d. 1670)...
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  • King Camp Gillette Gladstone bag – William Ewart Gladstone Glauber's salt – Johann Rudolf Glauber Gore-Tex – Bill Gore Graham condenser – Thomas D. Graham...
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    Khunrath Hennig Brand Isaac Newton Jakob Böhme Jan Baptist van Helmont Johann Rudolf Glauber John Dee Michael Maier Michael Sendivogius Paracelsus Pierre-Jean...
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    which they call "eau forte" (aqua fortis). In the 17th century, Johann Rudolf Glauber devised a process to obtain nitric acid by distilling potassium...
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    Khunrath Hennig Brand Isaac Newton Jakob Böhme Jan Baptist van Helmont Johann Rudolf Glauber John Dee Michael Maier Michael Sendivogius Paracelsus Pierre-Jean...
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    Khunrath Hennig Brand Isaac Newton Jakob Böhme Jan Baptist van Helmont Johann Rudolf Glauber John Dee Michael Maier Michael Sendivogius Paracelsus Pierre-Jean...
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    that infects and usually kills freshwater aquarium fish. In 1659, Johann Rudolf Glauber fused a mixture of the mineral pyrolusite (manganese dioxide, MnO2)...
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    Khunrath Hennig Brand Isaac Newton Jakob Böhme Jan Baptist van Helmont Johann Rudolf Glauber John Dee Michael Maier Michael Sendivogius Paracelsus Pierre-Jean...
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    (Latin: Michael Maierus; 1568–1622) was a German physician and counsellor to Rudolf II Habsburg. He was a learned alchemist, epigramist, and amateur composer...
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  • Kirch born Winckelmann, German astronomer (died 1720) March 10 – Johann Rudolf Glauber, German chemist (born 1604) May 21 – Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer...
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    suggested that the author of the works attributed to Basil Valentine was Johann Thölde, a salt manufacturer in Germany who lived roughly 1565–1624. Modern...
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    services, and the production of chemicals, medicines, metals, and gemstones. Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, in the late 16th century, famously received and...
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    modern astronomy, the scientific method, natural and modern science. Johann Rudolf Glauber (1604-1670), alchemist and chemist, His discovery of sodium sulfate...
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  • arsenate, formed after roasting cobalt ore. Zinc blende – zinc sulfide. Glauber's salt – sodium sulfate. Na2SO4 Sal alembroth – salt composed of chlorides...
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    Khunrath Hennig Brand Isaac Newton Jakob Böhme Jan Baptist van Helmont Johann Rudolf Glauber John Dee Michael Maier Michael Sendivogius Paracelsus Pierre-Jean...
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