what is known about this aforesaid chemist?
He was a German chemist, physicist, and professor of mathematics born in Erlangen.
Johann Schweigger
Johann Salomo Christoph Schweigger (8 April 1779 – 6 September 1857) was a German chemist, physicist, and professor of mathematics born in Erlangen.
what family is iodine in on the periodic table It is the fourth halogen and a member of group 17 in the periodic table. what is this mentioned member? Halogens are a group in the periodic table consisting of five chemically related elements: fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, and astatine. where did it gets its name from? German chemist, "Johann Schweigger" proposed that the name "halogen" – meaning "salt producer".
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Johann Schweigger [SEP] Introduction
Johann Salomo Christoph Schweigger (8 April 1779 – 6 September 1857) was a German chemist, physicist, and professor of mathematics born in Erlangen. J.S.C.Schweigger was the son of Friedrich Christian Lorenz Schweigger, professor of theologie in Erlangen (1786 until his death in 1802). He studied philosophy in Erlangen. His PhD involved the Homeric Question revived at that time by Friedrich August Wolf. Johann Tobias Mayer, Georg Friedrich Hildebrandt and Karl Christian von Langsdorf convinced him to switch to physics and chemistry and he lectured on this subjects in Erlangen until 1803 before taking a position as schoolteacher in Bayreuth and in 1811 in Nuremberg.