Alexander Marcet

Jaime Wisniak

doi:10.22201/FQ.18708404E.2021.3.76297

Alexander Marcet

Jaime Wisniak

Department of Chemical Engineering

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Abstract

Alexander John Gaspar Marcet (1770-185) was a Swiss-British physician and chemist that carried a detailed study of the waters from different oceans and lakes, particularly those of the Dead Sea; with Berzelius determined the properties and correct composition of carbon disulfide and the strong cooling effect of its vaporization; designed a powerful alcohol lamp; studied the synthesis of nitrogen trichloride, compared the composition of the chyle produced from strictly vegetable and meat diets, and confirmed Wollaston's (wrong) belief that diabetic blood did not contain sugar and that sugar passed directly from the stomach to the kidney, without participation of the blood torrent.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	183-195
Number of pages	13
Journal	Educacion Quimica
Volume	32
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.22201/FQ.18708404E.2021.3.76297
State	Published - 1 Jan 2021

Keywords

Carbon disulfide
Chyle
Chyme
Dead sea water
Nitrogen trichloride
Sugar in blood

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General Chemistry
Education

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