Science and the Indian Tradition by Gosling David L

Author:Gosling, David L.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Humanities
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2007-04-29T16:00:00+00:00

Roy was not the first to notice the yellow crystalline deposit which appeared during the preparation of the stable nitrate, but he was the first person to reflect upon the likelihood of an impurity consisting of a basic salt remaining intact in the presence of a strong acid. He therefore tested the impurity and discovered that he had prepared mercurous nitrite.

This ‘intuitive’ discovery took place in 1895, and it was immediately recognized as being of considerable importance. Roy followed it up with the preparation of a whole series of new compounds:

As one new compound followed the wake of another, I took up their examination with unabated zeal. In short, I could fully enter into the feelings of one of the illustrious makers of modern chemistry, the immortal Scheele—‘There is no delight like that which springs from a discovery; it is a joy that gladdens the heart.’14

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