 1663 - Guillaume Amontons born: instrument maker, particularly thermometers, barometers, and hygrometers. |
| 1786 - Michel-Eugène Chevreul born: dyes and color; stearin and margarine. |
| 1842 - Adolf Pinner born: nicotine structure, organic synthesis. |
| 1887 - Friedrich A. Paneth born: dating of rocks from helium formation. |
| 1909 - Milestone in chemotherapy: injection of a chemical agent (later known as Salversan) into a syphilitic rabbit under the direction of Paul Ehrlich (who coined the term chemotherapy, applying it broadly to chemical treatments--not only of cancer). |
sources: http://webserver.lemoyne.edu/faculty/giunta/week.html, http://todayinsci.com
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