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crystals, he observed a similar variation, and was thus led, in 1825, to the discovery that allotropic crystals, when heated, expand unequally in the direction of dissimilar axes. In the following year he discovered the change, produced by change of temperature, in the direction of the optic axes of
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and sulfuric acid. Through his careful studies, he realized that the acid was not being consumed during the production of the ether, although the reaction would not proceed unless the acid was present. After reviewing Mitscherlich's findings, Swedish chemist
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Mitscherlich turned away from inorganic chemistry (crystallography) and devoted his attention to organic chemistry, starting out with an investigation of fuel and oil. Mitscherlich kept working on problems of organic chemistry until 1845. His interest in
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in an attempt to develop a theory on the cause of volcanism. He did not, however, publish any papers on the subject, though after his death his notes were arranged and published by J. L. A. Roth in the Memoirs of the Berlin Academy
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Mitscherlich, E. (1819): Ueber die Kristallisation der Salze in denen das Metall der Basis mit zwei Proportionen Sauerstoff verbunden ist. Abhandlungen der Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Jg.1818–1819, pp.427–437.
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at the University of Berlin. Altenstein did not immediately carry out this suggestion, but he obtained for Mitscherlich a government grant to enable him to continue his studies in Berzelius' laboratory at the
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Mitscherlich published, according to the "Catalogue of Scientific Papers", some 76 papers, which appeared chiefly in the "Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Berlin", in
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Mitscherlich, E. (1833): Ueber das Benzin und die Säuren der Oel- und Talgarten. Annalen der Physik (Poggendorff), vol. 105 (=Ser. 2, vol. 29), pp. 231–237.
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In 1833 Mitscherlich made a series of careful determinations of the vapor densities of a large number of volatile substances, confirming the law of
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appeared. Not until 1840 the second installment of the second part of this monumental text book was printed. The fourth edition of Mitscherlich's
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was published in 1844–1847; a fifth was begun in 1855, but was never completed. A complete edition of his works was published in Berlin in 1896.
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in order that he might enjoy that freedom of travel usually allowed in the East to physicians. He began at Göttingen with the study of
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Rose, G. (1864): Zur Erinnerung an E. Mitscherlich. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft, vol. 16, pp. 21–72.
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Mitscherlich was an honorary member of almost all the great scientific societies, and received the gold medal from the
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likasom vi med ordet analys beteckna åtskiljandet af kroppars beståndsdelar medelst den vanliga kemiska frändskapen.
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Ueber die vulkanischen Erscheinungen in der Eifel und über die Metamorphie der Gesteine durch erhöhte Temperatur
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made their appearance, but Mitscherlich was able to carry on his academic work until December 1862. He died at
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have the same composition but different crystalline forms, a property which Mitscherlich called polymorphism.
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Mirchondi historia Thaheridarum historicis nostris hucusque incognitorum Persiae principum
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Krech, Eva-Maria; Stock, Eberhard; Hirschfeld, Ursula; Anders, Lutz Christian (2009).
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Jag skall derföre, för att begagna en i kemien välkänd härledning, kalla den kroppars
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as to their composition. His observation that corresponding phosphates and arsenates
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isomorphous with calcite, Mitscherlich observed that this angle in the case of
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the separation of the constituents of bodies by the usual chemical affinities.
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In the course of investigating the slight differences discovered by
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S. I. Morrow (1969). "One Hundred and Fifty Years of Isomorphism".
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varied with the temperature. On extending this inquiry to other
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in 1814 put an end to this, and Mitscherlich resolved to study
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Cemetery in Schöneberg close to the (eventual) gravesites of
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in the same form was the germ from which grew his theory of
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His uncle, 29: 1176:Members of the French Academy of Sciences 1068: 910: 908: 877: 782: 704: 556: 505:and to other derivatives. As related by 435: 399:in the angles of the rhombohedra of the 383: 973:. American Academy of Arts and Sciences 968:"Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter M" 1098: 936: 934: 244: 956:(1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead. 905: 552:American Academy of Arts and Sciences 388:Bronze statue of Mitscherlich at the 228: 1156:Humboldt University of Berlin alumni 1121:Foreign members of the Royal Society 960: 144:Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts 931: 13: 997: 497:. He investigated the relation of 14: 1197: 857:, just as we signify by the word 374:Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences 1056: 836:sönderdelning genom denna kraft 609:Annales de chimie et de physique 561:Mitscherlich's mausoleum at the 323:and worked in the laboratory of 35:Eilhard Mitscherlich (1794–1863) 985: 894: 883: 675:German Pronunciation Dictionary 440:Marble bust of Mitscherlich by 1146:University of Göttingen alumni 953:New International Encyclopedia 809: 788: 757: 722: 710: 670:Deutsches Aussprachewörterbuch 660: 629: 569:In December 1861, symptoms of 379: 327:(1767–1851). There he studied 261:(1760–1854), professor at the 259:Christoph Wilhelm Mitscherlich 1: 1091:Mathematics Genealogy Project 1049: 1006:by Hans-Werner Scuhtt, 1997, 947:"Mitscherlich, Eilhard"  918:"Mitscherlich, Eilhard"  800:Annalen der Physik und Chemie 798:(On the formation of ether), 731:Journal of Chemical Education 489:and the sulfates, and of the 390:Humboldt University of Berlin 357:Karl vom Stein zum Altenstein 353:isomorphism (crystallography) 319:In 1818 Mitscherlich went to 267:Friedrich Christoph Schlosser 1141:Heidelberg University alumni 1126:19th-century German chemists 644:The Pronunciation Dictionary 477:in 1827 and showed that its 239:crystallographic isomorphism 7: 1151:Stockholm University alumni 1027: 1019:of Eilhard Mitscherlich in 563:Alter St.-Matthäus-Kirchhof 230:[ˈaɪlhaʁtˈmɪtʃɐlɪç] 10: 1202: 469:was led to coin the term " 277:, with an emphasis on the 269:, and in 1811 went to the 16:German chemist (1794–1863) 1116:People from Wilhelmshaven 796:"Ueber die Aetherbildung" 592: 542:for his discovery of the 481:are isomorphous with the 432:Later work and last years 312:in 1814, under the title 215: 205: 193: 183: 173: 166: 139: 113: 95: 87: 65: 40: 28: 21: 639:Das Aussprachewörterbuch 623: 361:Martin Heinrich Klaproth 271:University of Heidelberg 1079:Encyclopædia Britannica 924:The American Cyclopædia 794:E. 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Neuende
Lordship of Jever
Schöneberg
Prussia
University of Göttingen
University of Berlin
University of Stockholm
Mitscherlich's law
Mitscherlichite
Azobenzene
Goniometer
Selenic acid
Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts
Royal Medal
ForMemRS
Chemist
University of Berlin
Doctoral advisor
Friedrich Stromeyer
Heinrich Gustav Magnus
[ˈaɪlhaʁtˈmɪtʃɐlɪç]
chemist
crystallographic isomorphism
Wilhelmshaven
Lordship of Jever
Christoph Wilhelm Mitscherlich
University of Göttingen
Friedrich Christoph Schlosser
University of Heidelberg

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