The Hare-Clarke controversy over the invention of the improved gas blowpipe

Saltzman, Martin D.

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Title

The Hare-Clarke controversy over the invention of the improved gas blowpipe

Author(s)

Saltzman, Martin D.

Issue Date

2001-09-15

Keyword(s)

• History
• Chemistry
• History gas blowpipe analytical app invention

Abstract

Several issues regarding the credit for the invention of improved the gas blow pipe between Hare and Clarke are discussed. The controversy involves charges of plagiarism and intellectual dishonesty. Hare can be faulted concerning the concept of heat but not his basic chem. insight, which Clarke lacked. The relative ease of using the Clarke blowpipe and the contributions stemming from its use in chem. and mineralogy redeemed his scandalous disregard and diminution of the work of Hare. He deserves credit for the design of his blowpipe.

Publisher

Division of the History of Chemistry

ISSN

1053-4385

Type of Resource

text

Genre of Resource

article

Language

eng

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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/127099

DOI

https://doi.org/10.70359/bhc2001v026p106

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Copyright 2001 Division of the History of Chemistry

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