Chemist no. 231 of 350 · Early/Alchemy

Jabir ibn Hayyan

c. 721-815Iraq

Early alchemy; distillation and acid preparation

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The discovery, explained

Jabir ibn Hayyan: The Sulfur-Mercury Theory and the Birth of Laboratory Method

Learn what the Jabirian corpus really contributed to chemistry: sulfur-mercury theory, distillation, classification and the balance. Legend vs history.

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Biography

Jabir ibn Hayyan: The Life, the Legend and the Legacy of "Geber"

Biography of Jabir ibn Hayyan (Geber): what is known, what is legend, and how the Jabirian corpus shaped early chemistry. For JAM, NET, GATE.

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Academic lineage

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