Wilhelm Thörner

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Wilhelm Thörner (born May 16, 1850 in Osnabrück ; † September 9, 1920 there ) was a German chemist .

Life

After graduating from the Ratsgymnasium Osnabrück , Thörner first made a commercial apprenticeship. In 1870 he took part in the Franco-German War as a dragoon and from 1871 studied natural sciences with a focus on chemistry in Bonn , Heidelberg and Göttingen . Academic teachers were August Kekulé (1829–1896) and Theodor Zincke (1843–1923). After receiving his doctorate in Göttingen, he worked as a lecture assistant in Marburg from 1877 to 1879 . Thörner founded an examination office for food and chemical-technical products in Osnabrück in 1880.

Scientific work

Thörner wrote a dissertation on "About some derivatives of Para-Tolylphenylketons". Together with Zincke he published studies on pinacones and pinacolins . In 1878 Thörner first described the mushroom ingredient atromentine . His other scientific work related to the topics of well hygiene, milk hygiene, metallurgical chemistry and radioactivity measurements. He improved the design of physical laboratory equipment. The manufacture of the first comparison microscope (1913) goes back to a design by Thörner. The unit of measurement for the acidity of milk is named after Thörner ( degree Thörner , ° Th).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary Wilhelm Thörner . In: Annual report of the Osnabrück Natural Science Association . tape 18 , 1921, pp. XIV-XV ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).
  2. ↑ Christoph Meinel: Chemistry at the University of Marburg since the beginning of the 19th century . Ed .: Philipps University of Marburg. NG Elwert Verlag, Marburg 1978, ISBN 3-7708-0615-8 , p. 487 ( uni-regensburg.de [PDF]).
  3. ↑ Wilhelm Thörner, On some derivatives of para-tolylphenyl ketone (dissertation)
  4. ↑ W. Thörner: About a quinone-like body occurring in an Agaricus species . In: Reports of the German Chemical Society . tape 11 , no. 1 , January 1878, p. 533 , doi : 10.1002 / cber.187801101143 .
  5. ↑ John Niemann, Angelika Höttler-Meier: contribution to the history of the Natural Science Research in the Osnabrück . In: Osnabrücker Naturwissenschaftliche Mitteilungen . tape 15 , p. 44 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).
  6. ↑ Comparison microscope . Wilhelm and Heinrich Seibert Wetzlar. Museum of Optical Instruments, accessed September 5, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Food of animal origin . S. 48–499 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
personal data
SURNAME Thörner, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chemist
DATE OF BIRTH May 16, 1850
PLACE OF BIRTH Osnabrück
DATE OF DEATH September 9, 1920
Place of death Osnabrück