Schönbein

[shœn-bahyn]

noun

1. Christian Friedrich 1799–1868, Swiss chemist.

Example Sentences

Dr. Moffat’s Ozonometer consists of papers prepared in a somewhat similar manner to Schonbein’s; but they do not require immersion in water.

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One kind was invented by Dr. Schonbein, the original discoverer of ozone; and the other, which is more generally approved, by Dr. Moffat.

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Schonbein’s Ozonometer consists of strips of paper, previously saturated with a solution of starch and iodide of potassium, and dried.

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Schönbein, however, made his explosive from purified cotton, steeped in a mixture of equal parts of p. 300nitric and sulphuric acids, which when carefully washed, and dried, kept its appearance of cotton wool. 

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Gun cotton was brought into public notice by some experiments by its inventor, Professor Schönbein, of Basel, before the chairman of the East India Company, and a number of scientists. 

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