Bischof, KARL GUSTAV

Bischof, KARL GUSTAV, a distinguished chemist and geologist, born near Nuremberg in 1792, in 1822 became professor of Chemistry in Bonn, where he died 30th November 1870. His writings include technical treatises on botany, chemistry, and geology, the chief being a Manual of Chemical and Physical Geology. Between 1837 and 1840 he began a series of important experiments on inflammable gases in coal-mines, and on safety-lamps.