Robert Kane

Sir Robert John Kane (1809–1890) was an Irish chemist. Download high resolution version (676x858, 432 KB) Robert Kane (1809–1890), Irish chemist. ... Download high resolution version (676x858, 432 KB) Robert Kane (1809–1890), Irish chemist. ... 1809 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1890 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Chemistry (in Greek: χημεία) is the science of matter and its interactions with energy and itself (see physics, biology). ...

His father, John Kean, was involved in the Irish Rebellion of 1798 and fled for a time to France where he studied chemistry. Back in Dublin Kean (now Kane) founded the Kane Company and manufactured sulphuric acid. The Irish Rebellion of 1798 or 1798 rebellion as it is known locally, was an uprising in 1798, lasting several months, against the British establishment in Ireland. ... Sulfuric acid (British English: sulphuric acid), H2SO4, is a strong mineral acid. ...

The young Kane studied chemistry at his father's factory and published his first paper, "Observations on the existence of chlorine in the native peroxide of manganese", in 1828. He studied medicine at Trinity College, Dublin and pharmacy in Paris. 1828 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Medicine on the Web NLM (National Library of Medicine, contains resources for patients and healthcare professionals) Virtual Hospital (digital health sciences library by the University of Iowa) Online Medical Dictionary Collection of links to free medical resources Categories: Medicine | Health ... The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin or more commonly Trinity College, Dublin (TCD) was founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I, is the only constituent college of the University of Dublin, Irelands oldest university. ... Pharmacy (from the Greek φάρμακον = drug) is the profession of compounding and dispensing medication. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ...

On the strength of his book Elements of Practical Pharmacy he was elected to the Royal Irish Academy in 1832. He studied acids, showed that hydrogen was electropositive, and proposed the existence of the ethyl radical. In 1836 he travelled to Giessen in Germany to study organic chemistry with Justus von Liebig. The Royal Irish Academy (RIA) is one of Irelands premier learned societies and cultural institutions. ... An acid (often represented by the generic formula AH) is typically a water-soluble, sour-tasting chemical compound. ... General Name, Symbol, Number hydrogen, H, 1 Chemical series nonmetals Group, Period, Block 1, 1, s Appearance colorless Atomic mass 1. ... Electronegativity is the measure of the ability of an atom or molecule to attract electrons in the context of a chemical bond. ... Ethyl is a two-carbon substituent in organic chemistry. ... In chemistry, radicals (often refered to as free radicals) are atomic or molecular species with unpaired electrons or an otherwise open shell configuration. ... Gießen (Giessen pronunciation) is a city in the federal state (Bundesland) of Hesse in Germany, capital of the Gießen district. ... Organic chemistry is the scientific study of the structure, properties, composition, reactions, and synthesis of organic compounds that by definition contain carbon. ... Freiherr Justus von Liebig (May 12, 1803 in Darmstadt, Germany - April 18, 1873 in Munich, Germany) was a German chemist. ...

He published a three-volume Elements of Chemistry in 1841–1844, and a detailed report on the Industrial Resources of Ireland. Sir Robert Peel appointed him director of the Museum of Irish Industry in Dublin in 1845 and President of Queen's College, Cork. He was knighted in 1846. 1841 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1844 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... 1845 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... University College Cork - National University of Ireland, Cork - or more commonly University College Cork (UCC) - is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland located in Cork. ... 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

He became a political adviser on scientific and industrial matters, and served on several commissions related to the Irish Potato Famine (1845-1849), all more or less ineffective. His political and administrative work meant that his contribution to chemistry ceased after about 1844. Starvation during the famine The Great Famine or the Great Hunger (Irish: An Gorta Mór or An Drochshaol), known more commonly outside of Ireland as the Irish Potato Famine, is the name given to a famine which struck Ireland between 1845 and 1849. ...

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• Peter Childs, Robert John Kane 1809–1890