Claude Auguste Lamy
Claude Auguste Lamy (born July 15, 1820 in Ney , Jura department , † March 20, 1878 in Paris ) was a French chemist and physicist .
Live and act
Lamy was from 1854 professor of physics at the Université de Lille and from 1865 professor of chemistry at the École Centrale Paris .
He discovered in 1862 regardless of William Crookes , the thallium . While Crookes made the discovery through spectral analysis of the lead chamber sludge , Lamy was the first to isolate the element thallium by means of electrolysis.
Works (selection)
- (with Alfred Des Cloizeaux ) Études chimiques, optiques et cristallographiques sur les sels de thallium. In: Annales de chimie et de physique , 4th series, 1869, issue 7, urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb11002584-3 .
literature
- Lexicon of natural scientists (= digital library . Volume 85). Directmedia, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-89853-485-5 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lamy, Claude Auguste |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French chemist and physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 15, 1820 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ney , Jura department |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 20, 1878 |
| Place of death | Paris |