February 11th |
1839 | Josiah Willard Gibbs, researcher in thermodynamics and phase rule (Gibbs Phase Rule), was born. Free energy is named for him as Gibbs free energy. |
1847 | Thomas A. Edison, inventor of the incandescent lamp and mimeograph, was born. |
1894 | Izaac M. Kolthoff, researcher in analytical chemistry; researcher in polarography, voltammetry; amperometric titrations, and synthetic rubber chemistry, was born. |