Jiini: I), 11I:YJ in 1570. Lnrgc Inborntorics wcrc dcsigiicd by Iloscoc nnd TViiterhouse, and ninny of IIS lairat our clic~nistry in them. The Collcgc bccnnic n University in 1850.
ROSCOC'S I I I C ~~O ~S
wcrc Iiirgcly ~i i o d ~l l ~d 011 tliosc of Biiiiseii, nnd tlic I-icidclbcrg tradition wis trniisl~lnntcd to BIiinclicstcr. In his day orgnnic clicniist,ry wiis tiiiiglit a t I-IeidelI~erg i)rncticiilly only to ph:iriiiiicists, arid Roscoe was rclicvcd ~vhcm'lic could hand t,his p r t of his course ovcr to Schorlcmmcr. Hc coiitinucd ns n tcnchcr and invcst,igntor n t O w n s until l~is clcction ns Jlernbcr of l'nrliiiniont for tho Southerii Division of Jhnchcstcr in IS%, d i c n hc rcsigned. A yciir bcfore this 110 lind been knighted. ljcsidcs his work 011 photoclieiiiistry \W niiist ~: i y it word iihout lioscoc's iii\wtigntioiis on \ ~i i i d i ~~i ~. In Istiti hc wns asked to cspliiin why tlic blue coplwr liquids from Aldcrlcy 15dgc could not bc decolorizctl by Inctcillic iron. I-lc found thut the rcsiduiil blue colour W D S due to n conipoiuitl of vaiiatliiiiii. Ycry little hnd been done ivith t,liis cleiiiciit siiicc lhxdiiis hnd worked OII it n ~i d decided t11i1t viiiiiidic iicid IviiS Eiinilnr to siilpliiiric iicid and lint1 tlrc forlliillii V03. Hoscoo foulid that i t ~iis rciiliy Y&&, like 1',06, t l i i i t alltit Bcrzclius t,lioiight WIS thc chloridc w s rcally VOCI,, likc l'OCI,, and that thc supposed iiictiil W:IY V,O,. The mctnl w a s first prcpnrcd by Roscoc. Tlic imniorphisni of the vniiiidiites a d phosplintcs CLiscovered by Rnriiriielsberg gnvc n vtiluable cluc in this work. Tho beiiutiful sp~ci~iicns of Hoscoo's viln:idhii conipounds nrc still (or wcrc in iiiy time) csliilhxl iii tlie lecturo tlientrc n t the Collcgo. Tbc first xvus tlie I' Lessons in Elementary Chcmistry," thc first cdibioii of which nppcarcd in 18ti6. This was tr:iiislatcd intu Gcniian, Russiiiii, Itnlian, lIungnri;iii, lJolisli, Swcdisli, Nodern Creek, J:ipniicsc, and Urdu. The Urdu edition was lithogrnplicd iintl tho pip rvns tvicc thc sizc of tliiit in t,hc Englieli edition. l$y n process of Iloiiioge~ico~~s straiii tho illustratioii s l i o ~i o g thc length of : L tlcciurctrc iind its suldivisioiis was corrcspondiligly iiiiigxiifid. His liirgc work with Schorlcniiiicr is still 0110 of tlio niost uscful books on Inorgnnic Chcniistry in tho Ianguagc. Roscoc as not n grc:it chc~nist, in thc sciisc that Frnnklnnd wns, nor wns hc as learned a iimn as Scliorlemnicr. But, Iio mas n great forcc niid infiuciicc for tho goad in Rnglisli chcinistry nnd his nnnic is 0110 01 which llnncliestcr is proud. Inscpnmbly coiiiiccted with i t is that of Cnrl Schorlcmmcr, to wlioni we now turn. Carl Schorlomnicr was born rit Duriilstndt in 163.1. Although his pnrciits wcrc not wc:iltliy Lc rcccivcd u good oducntion in ninthcmiitics and sciciice :it tlic Gc~rcrbcschi~lc, niid we nrc told thnt ho showcd grciit Hkill in nssisting in thc 11iLoratory. I n 1 W lie follwvctl the csnniplo of his school telloir Jlittinar n ~d Lcce~iic it phiiriiincist. l'liiIst ongiiged in this 1)rufcssioii 110 iittcndcd l3iiiiscn's lectiircs at ~~~oidc11.1crg uld tlicro met Jlittiiiiir wlio 1i:id Iiccouiu IJunscn's iissistiinh In 1859 Schorlcniiiicr gcive 111) plinriiiocy iiiitl \mit to
Giessaii to lcnrn chcniistry from W I , wlio l i d succcedcd * Siiiiiiiiiiry of II IuvLirrc t l t 4 i v c w ~d IIII~IUI' tlict iriiepiwri ( i f 'l'lio Clictliicril SociuLy t i l Uiiiwrsily C i ) l l i g i ~, S \ ~t i i i ~~, Niiy 11, l\l:M.