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What is the history of chemistry? |
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Answer» eighth century A.D., Jābir ibn Hayyān, a Muslim ASTRONOMER, philosopher and scientist, became one of the first to use scientific methods to study materials. Also known by his Latinized name, Geber, he is known as the "fatherof chemistry." He is thought to be the author of 22 scrolls describing methods of distillation, crystallization, sublimation and evaporation. He invented the alembic, a device used to distill and study ACIDS. He also developed an EARLY CHEMICAL CLASSIFICATION system using the properties of the materials he studied • |
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