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“George Agricola published, in 1542, his twelve books, ... on the methods of extracting and purifying the useful metals; and he was followed by Lazarus Erckern, Assay-Master General of the Empire of Germany, whose works, brought forward in 1574, contain a number of useful practices detailed in a simple and perspicuous manner.”
“[Jacob] Barner in Poland, and Glaser in France, published elementary books on the science, and Borichius in Denmark, Bohn at Leipzic, and Hoffman at Halle pursued... scientific investigations with much zeal and success; and Hoffman was the first person who attempted the philosophical analysis of s.”
“Glauber, about fifty years before Stahl.., had discovered [ Glauber's salt,] the combination of fossil alkali and sulphuric acid, which still bears his name.”
“[Johann Friedrich von] Meyer attempted to shew that limestones became caustic, not by the emission of elastic matter, but by combining with a peculiar substance in the fire; but the loss of weight was perfectly inconsistent with this view...”
“The first description of the properties of the oxide of titanium was given by Gregor in 1791.”
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