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    Interdisciplinary Journal of Chemistry

    Editorial ISSN: 2398-7537

    Interdisciplinary Chemistry
    Fathi Habashi*
    Department of Mining, Metallurgical, and Materials Engineering, Laval University, Quebec City, Canada

    Chemistry started when the ancient Egyptians used chemicals When Schools of Mines were founded in the 18th century, chemistry
    such as natron, oils, waxes, and perfumes to mummify the dead, and became part of metallurgy. Christlieb Ehregott Gellert (1713-1795)
    clays, granite, and limestone to build houses and monuments, and was the first Professor of Metallurgical Chemistry at Freiberg Mining
    gold to make ornaments. Then appeared the alchemists who wanted School when it was founded in Saxony in 1765. His successor Wilhelm
    to transmute base metals like copper and lead into gold. They did not Lampadius (1772-1842) separated this course into two: Metallurgy and
    achieve their aim but created a wealth of information on materials and Chemistry.
    methods.
    Around the middle and the second half of the 18th century many
    In the Middle Ages, the iatrochemists used chemicals in treating important chemical discoveries and phenomena were being uncovered.
    the sick which led to chemistry being a part of the medical faculties in The death blow came to the phlogiston theory by Antoine Laurant
    universities for a long time when universities were founded. Georgius Lavoisier (1743-1794) who was at the Arsenal in Paris at that time
    Agricola (1494-1555) who wrote many metallurgy and mining books about 1785 and the development of systematic chemistry was starting.
    was a medical doctor who studied medicine at University of Bologna
    in Italy. It was at that time that assaying for gold became important to
    determine the content of the precious metal in its ores. This is marked
    by the publication of the book on assaying by Lasarus Erker (1530-
    1593) which is considered as the beginning of analytical chemistry.

    Wilhelm Lampadius
    (1772-1842)

    Georgius Agricola
    (1494-1555)

    Johann Wolfgang Goethe (1749-1832)

    Correspondence to: Fathi Habashi, Department of Mining, Metallurgical, and


    Materials Engineering, Laval University, Quebec City, Canada, Tel : [418] 651
    5774 E-mail: Fathi.Habashi@arul.ulaval.ca
    Christlieb Ehregott Gellert Received: August 09, 2016; Accepted: August 22, 2016; Published: August 25,
    (1713-1795) 2016

    Interdiscip J Chem, 2016 doi: 10.15761/IJC.1000103 Volume 1(1): 18-19


    Habashi F (2016) Interdisciplinary Chemistry

    Changes were being made in the universities of Europe to cope Suggested readings
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    many disciplines: organic, inorganic, physical, analytical, etc. The 5. Habashi F (1994) Georgius Agricola and His Time. Bull. Can. Inst. Min. & Met 87:
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    Interdisciplinary Journal of Chemistry contributes to this noble effort.

    Copyright: ©2016 Habashi F. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted
    use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

    Interdiscip J Chem, 2016 doi: 10.15761/IJC.1000103 Volume 1(1): 18-19

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