On This Day in Science History - October 30 - Herman Kopp

October 30th is the birthday of no less than five Nobel Prize in Medicine winners. It is also the birthday of Hermann Kopp. Kopp was a German chemist who showed the physical properties of compounds such as boiling point, specific heat, specific gravity and thermal expansion differ from each other according to the degree which their structure differs. What he is most known for was his prolific writings on the history of chemistry. He published a four volume "History of Chemistry". He added three supplements to this work, wrote "The Development of Chemistry in Recent Times" and the two volume "Alchemy in Ancient and Modern Times".

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