Peter Woulfe (1727–1803) was an Anglo-Irish chemist and mineralogist. He first had the idea that wolframite might contain a previously undiscovered element (tungsten).[1][2]
In 1771, Woulfe reported the formation of a yellow dye when indigo was treated with nitric acid.[3]
Later it was discovered by others that he had formed picric acid, which eventually was used as the first synthetic dye, an explosive and an antiseptic treatment for burns.
Woulfe is credited with inventing, around 1767, the Woulfe Bottle, an apparatus for purifying or dissolving gases, which employed a bottle with two or three necks.[4]
^Woulfe, Peter (1779). "Experiments on some mineral substances". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. 69: 11–34. doi:10.1098/rstl.1779.0004. S2CID 186212561. On pages 29–34, Woulfe analyzed a sample of a mineral from Joachimsthal (now: Jáchymov, Czech Republic) (see p. 30). On p. 31, Woulfe stated that the mineral contained "a new earth", and on pp. 32 and 34, he stated that it contained "some other earth".
^Sharon Slater (30 September 2016). "Who was Peter Woulfe - The Last Alchemist". limerickslife.com.[self-published source]
^See:
Woulfe, Peter (1771). "A method of dying wool and silk, of a yellow colour, with indigo; and also with several other blue and red colouring substances". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. 61: 127–130. doi:10.1098/rstl.1771.0015.
Hartog, Philip Joseph (1885–1900). "Woulfe, Peter". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 63. London, England: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 64.
^See:
Woulfe, Peter (1767). "Experiments on the distillation of acids, volatile alkalies, &c. shewing how they mayt be condensed without loss, and how thereby we may avoid disagreeable and noxious fumes: in a letter from Mr. Peter Woulfe, F.R.S. to John Ellis, Esq.; F.R.S." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. 57: 517–536. Bibcode:1767RSPT...57..517W. doi:10.1098/rstl.1767.0052.
"Woulfe, Peter", Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, 63 : pp. 63–64.
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