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William Cruickshank (chemist)(? - 1810 or 1811), professor of chemistry at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. Additional recommended knowledgeSome authors credit Cruikshank with first suspecting an unknown substance in a Scottish mineral, strontianate, found near Strontian, in Argyleshire. Other authors name Adair Crawford for the discovery of this new earth due to the mineral's property of imparting a redding color to a flame[1]. It was later isolated by Humphry Davy and is now known as strontium. In 1802, Cruikshank improved the construction of Alessandro Volta's voltaic pile, by arranging the plates horizontally in a trough rather than vertically in a column. [2] References |
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