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Christian Gmelin
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<h2 id="scientific-career">Scientific career</h2> <p>In 1818, Gmelin was one of the first to observe that <a href="/facts/Lithium_salts/G6Gy0nJU">lithium salts</a> give a bright red color in a flame. </p><p>In 1826, <a href="/facts/Jean-Baptiste_Guimet/FHhDdAwQ">Jean-Baptiste Guimet</a> was credited with having devised a process for the artificial manufacture of <a href="/facts/Ultramarine/2oMnJC4R">ultramarine</a>. Two years later, in 1828, Gmelin published his own process for the artificial manufacture of ultramarine. Since Gmelin was the first to publish this process, he received the recognition for this discovery. In his publication, Gmelin stated that silica, alumina, and soda are the main constituents of ultramarine and the rich color comes from sulfur.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="death">Death</h2> <p>Gmelin died in Tübingen, Germany,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> where he spent his entire life, on May 13, 1860. </p> <h2 id="works">Works</h2> <ul><li><i>Einleitung in die Chemie</i> . Vol.1&2 . Laupp, Thüringen 1835-1837 <a href="http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:061:2-29131">Digital edition</a> by the <a href="/facts/University_and_State_Library_D%C3%BCsseldorf/9yK5ezP0">University and State Library Düsseldorf</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>The Quarterly journal of science, literature and art. 1828-01-01. <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=PC5GAAAAcAAJ&q=gmelin&pg=PA216" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=PC5GAAAAcAAJ&q=gmelin&pg=PA216</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Kopp, Hermann (1879). "Gmelin, Christian Gottlob". Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German). Vol. 9. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot. p. 266. <a href="https://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/bsb00008367/images/index.html?seite=268" target="_blank">https://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/bsb00008367/images/index.html?seite=268</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>