December 12th |
1775 | William Henry, discoverer of Henry's Law, that states that the amount of gas absorbed by a liquid is proportional to the gas pressure, was born. |
1817 | William H. Balmain, who discovered boron nitride and called it aethogen from its luminescence in a flame, was born. |
1960 | The announcement of the first pure compound of californium was made, at a meeting of the American Nuclear Society. |