November 26th |
1801 | Charles Hatchett announced his discovery of columbium (niobium) before the Royal Society. |
1817 | C. Adolphe Wurtz, who discovered a method of synthesis of hydrocarbons (Wurtz Reaction), methyl and ethylamines, phosphorous oxychloride and glycol, was born. |
1837 | John A. R. Newlands, a researcher in to the periodic laws of element and deviser of the Law of Octaves, was born. |