Augustus Allen Hayes
Augustus Allen Hayes | |
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| Born | 28 February 1806  |
| Died | 21 June 1882 (aged 76) |
| Occupation | Chemist |
Augustus Allen Hayes (February 28, 1806 – June 21, 1882) was an American chemist.
Biography
[edit]Hayes was born in Windsor, Vt., Feb. 28, 1806. He was graduated from the Norwich military school in 1823, and studied chemistry under Prof. James Freeman Dana at Dartmouth, 1823–1826.[1][2]
Hayes was assistant professor of chemistry in the New Hampshire medical college, 1826–1828, and an expert chemist in Boston, Mass., 1828–1882. He was the discoverer of the organic alkaloid sanguinaria; invented in 1838 a novel arrangement of steam boilers for the economical generation of steam: and first suggested the application of oxides of iron in refining pig-iron; and a process for the production of saltpetre from sodium nitrate by the action of potassium hydroxide.[1]
Hayes was state assayer of Massachusetts, and he received the honorary degree of M.D. from Dartmouth in 1846. He died in Brookline, Mass., June 21, 1882.[1]
Publications
[edit]Hayes the author of papers on:[1]
- The Cause of the Color of Lake Leman, Geneva;
- The Bed Oxide of Zinc in New Jersey,
- and technical papers contributed to the Proceedings of various scientific societies of which he was a member and to the American Journal of Science.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Johnson, Rossiter, ed. (1906). "Hayes, Augustus Allen". The Biographical Dictionary of America. Vol. 5. Boston: American Biographical Society. p. 183.
- ^ (Anon.) (1882–1883). "Obituary: Augustus Allen Hayes". Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 18: 422–427.
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