James Alfred Wanklyn
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James Alfred Wanklyn was a nineteenth-century English chemist who is remember today chiefly for his "ammonia method" of determining water quality and for his fierce arguments with those, such as Edward Frankland
, who opposed him over matters related to water analysis. Wanklyn was born in Ashton-under-Lyne
and died in New Malden
. He worked with Frankland, Robert Bunsen
, and Lyon Playfair. He was Professor of Chemistry at the London Institution
after 1864, and many of his papers were published from that institution.
Milk-analysis. A practical treatise on the examination of milk and its derivatives, cream, butter, and cheese, London: Trubner and Company, 1874
Air-analysis: a practical treatise on the examination of air. With an appendix on illuminating gas, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Company, 1890
Arsenic, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Company, 1901
Sewage Analysis, 2nd edition, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Company, 1905
Water-analysis, a practical treatise on the examination of potable water, 11th edition, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Company, 1907
Cooper, W. J., "Memoir of James Alfred Wanklyn", in Water-analysis, a practical treatise on the examination of potable water, 11th edition, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Company, 1907
Brock, W. H., "James Alfred Wanklyn", Dictionary of Scientific Biography, volume 14, pages 168-70, 1976
Hamlin, Christopher, A Science of Impurity, University of California Press, 1990
Edward Frankland
Sir Edward Frankland, KCB, FRS was a chemist, one of the foremost of his day. He was an expert in water quality and analysis, and originated the concept of combining power, or valence, in chemistry. He was also one of the originators of organometallic chemistry.-Biography:Edward Frankland was born...
, who opposed him over matters related to water analysis. Wanklyn was born in Ashton-under-Lyne
Ashton-under-Lyne
Ashton-under-Lyne is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. Historically a part of Lancashire, it lies on the north bank of the River Tame, on undulating land at the foothills of the Pennines...
and died in New Malden
New Malden
New Malden is a town and shopping centre in the south-western London suburbs, mostly within the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames and partly in the London Borough of Merton, and is situated from Charing Cross...
. He worked with Frankland, Robert Bunsen
Robert Bunsen
Robert Wilhelm Eberhard Bunsen was a German chemist. He investigated emission spectra of heated elements, and discovered caesium and rubidium with Gustav Kirchhoff. Bunsen developed several gas-analytical methods, was a pioneer in photochemistry, and did early work in the field of organoarsenic...
, and Lyon Playfair. He was Professor of Chemistry at the London Institution
London Institution
The London Institution was an educational institution founded in London in 1806...
after 1864, and many of his papers were published from that institution.
Selected editions of writings
Tea, coffee and cocoa: a practical treatise on the analysis of tea, coffee, cocoa, chocolate, maté (Paraguay tea), etc., London: Trubner and Company, 1874Milk-analysis. A practical treatise on the examination of milk and its derivatives, cream, butter, and cheese, London: Trubner and Company, 1874
Air-analysis: a practical treatise on the examination of air. With an appendix on illuminating gas, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Company, 1890
Arsenic, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Company, 1901
Sewage Analysis, 2nd edition, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Company, 1905
Water-analysis, a practical treatise on the examination of potable water, 11th edition, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Company, 1907
Further reading
Men of the Time, 12th edition, London: George Routledge and Sons, 1887 - contains biographical informationCooper, W. J., "Memoir of James Alfred Wanklyn", in Water-analysis, a practical treatise on the examination of potable water, 11th edition, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Company, 1907
Brock, W. H., "James Alfred Wanklyn", Dictionary of Scientific Biography, volume 14, pages 168-70, 1976
Hamlin, Christopher, A Science of Impurity, University of California Press, 1990