:Friedrich Stohmann
{{Short description|German agricultural chemist (1832–1897)}}
Friedrich Karl Adolf Stohmann (25 April 1832 – 1 November 1897) was a German agricultural chemist.
Biography
He was born in Bremen and studied at Göttingen, where he became member of Burschenschaft Hannovera (fraternity),:de:Burschenschaft Hannovera Göttingen and London. He was Thomas Graham's assistant at University College from 1853 to 1855, and afterwards assisted Wilhelm Henneberg at Celle and at Göttingen-Weende.[http://www.uni-leipzig.de/unigeschichte/professorenkatalog/leipzig/Stohmann_1013/ Prof. Dr. phil., Dr. med. h. c. Friedrich Carl Adolf Stohmann] Professorenkatalog der Universität Leipzig In 1862 he started the station for agricultural experiments at Braunschweig. He was called to Halle in 1865 as an associate professor, and to the University of Leipzig in 1871, where he was director of the physiological institute of agriculture (1871–97). His principal investigations had to do with the nourishment of animals.
From 1892 he was a member of the Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.
Works
- Beiträge zur Begründung einer rationellen Fütterung der Wiederkäuer (Contributions to the scientific feeding of ruminants, 1860); with Wilhelm Henneberg.[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/637913562 Beiträge zur Begründung einer rationellen Fütterung der Wiederkäuer] OCLC WorldCat
- Biologische Studien (Biological studies, 1873).
- Handbuch der technischen Chemie (Handbook of industrial chemistry, 2 volumes, 1872 and 1874); with Karl Engler.
- Handbuch der Zuckerfabrikation (Handbook of sugar synthesis, 1878).
- Die Stärkefabrikation (Starch synthesis, 1878).
- Encyklopädisches Handbuch der technischen Chemie (Encyclopedic manual of industrial chemistry), 12 volumes, 1888-1922; with Bruno Kerl and others.[http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000869500 Encyklopädisches Handbuch der technischen Chemie] HathiTrust Digital Library
References
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Category:19th-century German chemists
Category:Scientists from Bremen (city)
Category:University of Göttingen alumni