Augustus Allen Hayes (February 28, 1806 – June 21, 1882) was an American chemist.
Biography
Hayes was born in
Windsor, Vt., Feb. 28, 1806. He was graduated from the Norwich military school in 1823, and studied chemistry under Prof.
James Freeman Dana at
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Places
* Dartmouth, Devon, England
** Dartmouth Harbour
* Dartmouth, Massachusetts, United States
* Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
* Dartmouth, Victoria, Australia
Institutions
* Dartmouth College, Ivy League university i ...
, 1823–1826.
Hayes was assistant professor of chemistry in the New Hampshire medical college, 1826–1828, and an expert chemist in Boston, Mass., 1828–1882. He was the discoverer of the organic
alkaloid
Alkaloids are a class of basic
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sanguinaria; invented in 1838 a novel arrangement of steam boilers for the economical generation of steam: and first suggested the application of
oxides of iron in refining
pig-iron; and a process for the production of
saltpetre
Potassium nitrate is a chemical compound with the chemical formula . This alkali metal nitrate salt is also known as Indian saltpetre (large deposits of which were historically mined in India). It is an ionic salt of potassium ions K+ and nitra ...
from
sodium nitrate
Sodium nitrate is the chemical compound with the formula . This alkali metal nitrate salt is also known as Chile saltpeter (large deposits of which were historically mined in Chile) to distinguish it from ordinary saltpeter, potassium nitrate. ...
by the action of
potassium hydroxide
Potassium hydroxide is an inorganic compound with the formula K OH, and is commonly called caustic potash.
Along with sodium hydroxide (NaOH), KOH is a prototypical strong base. It has many industrial and niche applications, most of which expl ...
.
Hayes was
state assayer of Massachusetts, and he received the honorary degree of M.D. from Dartmouth in 1846. He died in
Brookline, Mass., June 21, 1882.
Publications
Hayes the author of papers on:
*''The Cause of the Color of
Lake Leman
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, Geneva'';
*''The Bed Oxide of Zinc in New Jersey,''
*and technical papers contributed to the ''Proceedings'' of various scientific societies of which he was a member and to the ''
American Journal of Science
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''.
References
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1806 births
1882 deaths