Étienne-Ossian Henry (27 November 1798 in Paris – 26 August 1873) was a French chemist, son of Noël-Étienne Henry (1769–1832), and trained by his father, who was director of the Central Pharmacy of the Parisian hospitals and professor in the School of Pharmacy.[1][2] In 1824, he became director of the chemical laboratory of the Academy of Medicine. He discovered sinapin and studied mineral waters, the milk of various animals, nicotine, and tannin.[3] In 1827, with Auguste-Arthur Plisson, who had studied under his father, he discovered aspartic acid.[4][5]
In 1845, he invented the first true burette for titration, which is a widely used device in analytical chemistry and related fields.[6][7]
His son was Emmanuel-Ossian Henry (1826-1867).[8][9][10]
Works[edit]
His works include:
- Traité pratique d'analyse chimique des eaux minérales (second edition, 1858), with his father
- Mémoiré sur l'analyse organique (1830), with Plisson
- Analyse chimique des eaux qui alimentent les fontaines publiques de Paris (1848), with Boutron-Gharland
- A translation of the Codex Medicamentarius (1827), with Ratier
References[edit]
- ^ Journées d'Histoire des Maladies des Os et des Articulations 2 sept. 2009 "Henry (Ossian) 1798-1873. Pharmacien, fils de Noël-Étienne Henry (1769-1832), pharmacien des hôpitaux. Membre de l'Académie royale de"
- ^ Journal de chimie medicale, de pharmacie, de toxicologie - Volume 5 - Page 92 1829 "M. Ossian Henry lit un mémoire sur les bromures et sur les moyens de les obtenir: i° en combinant l'acide hydro- bromique avec les bases; a° en se servant du bromure de fer ohtenu par le procédé suivi par M. Caillot pour obtenir l'iodure de .."
- ^ Gerhard Schulze, Gerhardt Jander, Karl-Friedrich Jahr Maßanalyse: Theorie und Praxis der Titrationen mit chemischen und physikalischen Indikationen 2010 Page 311: "Im gleichen Jahr veröffentlichte Étienne Ossian Henry (1798−1873) eine Arbeit, in der er über die fällungstitrimetrische Kaliumbestimmung mit Natriumperchloratlösung … in Alkohol berichtete." (In the same year Étienne Ossian Henry (1798−1873) published a work in which he reported about the determination of potassium by the precipitation method of titration using a solution of sodium perchlorate … in alcohol [i.e., ethanol].)
- ^ Berzelius, Jöns Jakob; Öngren, Olof Gustaf (1839). Traité de chimie [Treaty on chemistry] (in French). Vol. 3. Brussels: A. Wahlen et Cie. p. 81. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- ^ Plimmer, R.H.A. (1912) [1908]. Plimmer, R.H.A.; Hopkins, F.G. (eds.). The chemical composition of the proteins. Monographs on biochemistry. Vol. Part I. Analysis (2 ed.). London: Longmans, Green and Co. p. 112. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- ^ Henry, O. (1845). "Nouvelles expériences sur l'essai des potasses du commerce et appareil dit potassimètre pour l'effectuer" [New experiments on the assay of commercial potash and an apparatus called a "potassimeter" to perform it]. Journale de Pharmacie et de Chimie. 3rd series (in French). 7: 214–222. A sketch of Henry's burette appears on p. 218. From p. 218: "AC est un tube de verre d'une longuere de 60 centimètres environ, et d'un diamètre de 4 millimètres à peu près. En A se trouve un entonnoir de verre soudé ou adapté à volunté; et en B un petite robinet en cuivre terminé par un tube capillaire. Ce robinet s'adjuste au tube par un bon bouchon et avec de la cire à cacheter. Le tube AB est fixé par deux crochets au long d'une échelle inscrite sur une planche, et cette échelle est divisé en 100 parties égales. Le tout est supporté par un pied qui permet de placer le tube AB au-dessus du vase M contenant le sel de potasse à essayer." (AC is a glass tube [that's] about 60 cm. long, and nearly 4 mm. in diameter. At A, a glass funnel is joined or fitted as desired; and at B [there is] a small copper valve ending with a capillary tube. This valve is fitted to the tube by a good cap and with sealing wax. The tube AB is fixed by two brackets along a scale [that's] inscribed on a plate, and this scale is divided into 100 equal parts. The whole is supported by a base that permits placing the tube AB above a vase M containing the potassium salt to be assayed.)
- ^ See:
- Szabadváry, Ferenc (1986). "The history of chemical laboratory equipment". Periodica Polytechnica Chemical Engineering. 30 (1–2): 77–95. See p. 87.
- Szabadváry, Ferenc (1966). History of Analytical Chemistry. Translated by Gyula Svehla. Oxford, England: Permagon Press. p. 237. ISBN 9781483157122.
- Christophe, R. (1971). "L'analyse volumétrique de 1790 à 1860. Caractéristiques et importance industrielle. Evolution des instruments" [Volumetric analysis from 1790–1860. Characteristics and industrial importance. Evolution of instruments.]. Revue d'histoire des sciences (in French). 24 (1): 25–44. doi:10.3406/rhs.1971.3172. From p. 38: " … il préfigure bien ses descendants actuelles … " ( … it [i.e., Henry's burette] foreshadows well its modern descendants … )
- ^ Discours prononcés sur la tombe d'Emmanuel Ossian Henry P.. Doré, Félix Henri de Ranse, Morétin ((Médecin).) - 1867
- ^ The Nation 106 p567 "1918 Henry Biography," pp. IBS, 189. Paris in 1798 (not, as Larousse has it, in 1793) and died there in 1873. Son of a distinguished father, Noel-fitienne Henry (1769-1832), and father of a distinguished son, Emmanuel-Ossian Henry (1826-1867), ..."
- ^ HENRY (Emmanuel Ossian) 07/11/1826 - 31/03/1867
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "HENRY, aN're', Etienne Ossian (1798-1873)". New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead. p. 777.
