Crosse

Crosse, ANDREW, electrician, born at Fyne Court, Somersetshire, 17th June 1784, was educated at Bristol and at Brasenose College, Oxford. His principal researches in science were as to the artificial formation of minerals by processes of electrical deposition and the application of electricity as a means of improving wines, cider, &c. In 1837 he announced that under certain circumstances, organisms (of the genus Acarus) appeared in solutions of inorganic substances; a discovery which attracted much attention, but which exposed him to the ridicule of opponents. He died 6th July 1855. See Memoir (1857) by his second wife; and her Red Letter Days of my Life (1893).