Claude-Louis Berthollet
1748-1822
French chemist who introduced chlorine into bleaching and established the composition of ammonia, prussic acid, and sulphuretted hydrogen. His masterwork, Essai de St...
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The French chemist Claude Louis Berthollet (1748-1822) made many original contributions to both theoretical and applied chemistry. He was one of the foremost disciples of Lavoisier.Claude Louis Bertho...
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Claude Berthollet was born into a French family living in the Savoy, a region of France that was then part of Italy. Although the family 's finances had declined, his parents were able to send him to ...
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Claude Berthollet was born into a French family living in the Savoy, a region of France that was then part of Italy. Although the family 's finances had declined, his parents were able to send him to ...
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