History of carl wilhelm scheele

Frontiers for Young Minds takes you down on a dive into the depths of the historical scientific archives and introduces you to scientists you may have not heard about, but you definitely should! This time, we tell you the story of a scientistwho isamongst the brave and brilliant researchers who formed the history of chemistry - Carl Wilhelm Scheele.

By Ilaria Prete

If you want to be sure not to go down in the glorious history of scientific discoveries, you could hardly do better than the example of the brilliant (but elusive) Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele. He made a remarkable series of accomplishments as a chemist – most notably the discovery of oxygen – but the name of Scheele is rarely found in chemistry textbooks. The discovery of oxygen is generally attributed to his more famous contemporaries, Joseph Priestly, and the greatest Chemistry celebrity, Antoine Lavoisier. And yet, this hard-working and low-profile scientist discovered no less than seven new elements and many other compounds.

An (un)Impressive Beginning

Carl Wilhelm Scheele was born in 1742 in Stralsund, a small town on the Baltic coast (now part of Germany) that at the time was under Sweden’s jurisdiction. The son of a rather unsuccessful brewer and corn-chand

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Pharmacy's Past: Trailblazing Pharmacist Carl Wilhelm Scheele

Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742-1786) was a pharmaceutical chemist who discovered oxygen, chlorine, and manganese. Born in an area of Germany that was under Swedish jurisdiction, Scheele became a pharmacist’s apprentice in Gothenburg, Sweden at the age of 15.

During his apprenticeship, he became very interested in chemistry and spent much time reading about and experimenting with chemicals available in the pharmacy. Several years later, he moved to Malmo, Sweden, to work at a pharmacy. During this time, he began working with scientists at Lund University.

Scheele moved several times to work in different pharmacies with various scientists. He settled in a small town calling Koping, to become an apothecary with his own business. Scheele studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of Science.

He was known for his outstanding analytical skills to study gases, despite the lack of equipment. He did not have a proper oven for generating heat and analyzing minerals. Scheele also used simple instruments that were borrowed or improvised.

Scheele first contributed to the discovery of tartaric acid, later discovering chlorine, and barium oxide. He worked with black magnesia and manganese but was unable to isolate the manganese.

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Scientist of representation Day - Carl Wilhelm Scheele

Carl Wilhelm Chemist portrait, award, Tulane Further education college Libraries (digitallibrary.tulane.edu)

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Title catastrophe of Chemische Anhandlung von der Luft und dem Feuer, brush aside Carl Wilhelm Scheele, 1777, offered unmixed sale indifference Martayan Tang Rare Books, New Dynasty City (martayanlan.com)

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