	Site Map \| FAQ in Daily Almanac for Oct 14, 2008 Search White Pages
Skip Navigation Home Hispanic Heritage Month Atlas Encyclopedia Dictionary Thesaurus Features Quizzes Timelines Countries Campaign 2008

Fact Monster Kid's reference,
games, quizzes

Glauber, Johann Rudolf

Glauber, Johann Rudolf (yō'hän rOO'dôlf glou'bur) [key], 1604–70, German alchemist. A forerunner of scientific chemists, Glauber made many practical advances in analytical chemistry; he devised new procedures and was the first to prepare several compounds, including Glauber's salt. Little is known of his life.

See more Encyclopedia articles on: Chemistry: Biographies

Premium Partner Content

Related content from HighBeam Research on: Johann Rudolf Glauber

Glass of the Alchemists: Lead Crystal-Gold Ruby, 1650-1750 (Antiques & Collecting Magazine)

Painting softly.(Current and coming)(Like Breath on Glass: Whistler, Inness, and the Art of Paint ing Softly, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts )(Glass of the Alchemists: Lead Crystal-Gold Ruby, 1650-1750, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York)(Houdon at the Louvre: Master-works of the Enlightenment, High Museum of Art, Atlanta )(Calendar) (The Magazine Antiques)

Infoplease Tools

Career Center

College Center

RSS •
About •
Contact •
Link to Us •
Advertise with Infoplease •
Terms of Use •
Privacy •
Related sites:
- Family Education •
- TeacherVision