Peter Woulfe
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Peter Woulfe (1727–1803) was an Anglo-Irish chemist and mineralogist. He first had the idea that wolframite might contain a previously undiscovered element (tungsten).[1][2]
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Peter Woulfe | |
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Born | 1727 Tiermaclane, Ennis, County Clare, Ireland |
Died | 1803 |
Nationality | Irish |
Awards | Copley Medal (1768) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Chemistry mineralogist |
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In 1771, Woulfe reported the formation of a yellow dye when indigo was treated with nitric acid.[3]
Later it was discovered by others that he had formed picric acid, which eventually was used as the first synthetic dye, an explosive and an antiseptic treatment for burns.
Woulfe is credited with inventing, around 1767, the Woulfe Bottle, an apparatus for purifying or dissolving gases, which employed a bottle with two or three necks.[4]