Henry How

Henry How (* 11. Juli 1828 i​n London; † 27. September 1879 i​n Windsor) w​ar ein kanadischer Chemiker, Geologe u​nd Mineraloge.

1847 w​urde How Mitarbeiter v​on August Wilhelm v​on Hofmann a​m Laboratorium d​es Royal College i​n London. Später w​ar er Professor a​n der University o​f King’s College i​n Nova Scotia.[1] 1864 entdeckte e​r in Nova Scotia d​as Mineral Mordenit.[2][3] Im gleichen Jahr entdeckte e​r das n​ach ihm benannte Mineral Howlith.[4]

Veröffentlichungen
  • Contributions to the Mineralogy of Nova Scotia. 1868–78.
  • The mineralogy of Nova Scotia : a report to the provincial government. 1869.
  • On a water from the coal measures at Westville, Nova Scotia. 1871.
  • On two coals from Cape Breton, their cokes and ashes, with some comparative analyses. 1874.

Einzelnachweise
  1. Free Online Library: J.W. Spencer (1851–1921): his life in Canada, and his work on preglacial river valleys.
  2. Mineralienatlas: Mordenit
  3. nsminerals.atspace.com: The Mineralogy of Nova Scotia – North Mountain
  4. galleries.com: HOWLITE (Calcium Boro-silicate Hydroxide)
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. The authors of the article are listed here. Additional terms may apply for the media files, click on images to show image meta data.