Hare, ROBERT

Hare, ROBERT, scientist, was born in Philadelphia, 17th January 1781, and filled the chair of Chemistry in the University of Pennsylvania there from 1818 to 1847. He died 15th May 1858. In 1801 Hare described his discovery of the oxy-hydrogen blowpipe (see BLOWPIPE). In 1816 he invented the galvanic calorimeter. He also devised improved forms of the voltaic pile. In his later years he lectured on spiritualism and published Spiritualism scientifically demonstrated (New York, 1855).