--- title: "4 Martin Heinrich Klaproth Quotes - Famous Chemist" description: "Martin Heinrich Klaproth was a German chemist. He trained and worked for much of his life as an apothecary, moving in later life to the university." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b037/author-martin-heinrich-klaproth-72236.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Martin Heinrich Klaproth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b037/author-martin-heinrich-klaproth-72236.jpg) # Martin Heinrich Klaproth (1743–1817) Chemist **4** quotes in **48** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Martin Heinrich Klaproth was a chemist. ## Quick Facts About Martin Heinrich Klaproth Born December 1, 1743 Died January 1, 1817 Profession Chemist Notable works Analytical Essays Towards Promoting the Chemical Knowledge of Mineral Substances, Volumes 1-2 ## About Martin Heinrich Klaproth Martin Heinrich Klaproth was a German chemist. He trained and worked for much of his life as an apothecary, moving in later life to the university. His shop became the second-largest apothecary in Berlin, and the most productive artisanal chemical research center in Europe. ## Quotes by Martin Heinrich Klaproth > [ Wherefore no name can be found for a new fossil \[element\] which indicates its peculiar and characteristic properties (in which position I… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-heinrich-klaproth/wherefore-no-name-can-be-found-for-a-new-fossil-element-which/) [Martin Heinrich Klaproth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-heinrich-klaproth/) [Cases](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cases/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a19/martin-heinrich-klaproth-72236_cases_wherefore-no-name-can-be-found-for-a-new_432955.png) > [ “ \[Pechblende\] einer eigenthümlichen, selbstständigen metallischen Substanz bestehe. Es fallen folglich auch deren bisherige Benennungen, als: Ресhblende Eisenpecherz, hinweg, welche nun durch… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-heinrich-klaproth/pechblende-einer-eigenth-mlichen-selbstst-ndigen-metallischen/) [Martin Heinrich Klaproth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-heinrich-klaproth/) [Astronomy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/astronomy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37e/martin-heinrich-klaproth-72236_astronomy_pechblende-einer-eigenth-mlichen-selbsts_689048.jpg) > [ \[Pitchblende\] consists of a peculiar, distinct, metallic substance. Therefore its former denominations, pitch-blende, pitch-iron-ore, &c. are no longer applicable, and must be… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-heinrich-klaproth/pitchblende-consists-of-a-peculiar-distinct-metallic-substance/) [Martin Heinrich Klaproth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-heinrich-klaproth/) [Chemicals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chemicals/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ef/martin-heinrich-klaproth-72236_chemicals_pitchblende-consists-of-a-peculiar-disti_1792283.jpg) > [ \[Pitchblende\] consists of a peculiar, distinct, metallic substance. Therefore its former denominations, Pechblende, pitch-iron-ore, &c. are no longer applicable, and must be… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-heinrich-klaproth/pitchblende-consists-of-a-peculiar-distinct-metallic-substance-2/) [Martin Heinrich Klaproth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-heinrich-klaproth/) [Appropriate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/appropriate/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/761/martin-heinrich-klaproth-72236_appropriate_pitchblende-consists-of-a-peculiar-disti_2854884.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-heinrich-klaproth/#itemlist", "name": "Martin Heinrich Klaproth Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Wherefore no name can be found for a new fossil [element] which indicates its peculiar and characteristic properties (in which position I find myself at present), I think it is best to choose such a denomination as means nothing of itself and thus can give no rise to any erroneous ideas. In consequence of this, as I did in the case of Uranium, I shall borrow the name for this metallic substance from mythology, and in particular from the Titans, the first sons of the earth. 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Es fallen folglich auch deren bisherige Benennungen, als: Ресhblende Eisenpecherz, hinweg, welche nun durch einen neuen ausschliessend bezeichnenden Namen zu ersetzen sind. Ich habe dazu den Namen: Uranerz (Uranium) erwählt; zu einigem Andenken, dass die chemische Ausfindung dieses neuen Metallkörpers in die Epoche der astronomischen. Entdeckung des Planeten Uranus gefallen sei. [Pitchblende] consists of a peculiar, distinct, metallic substance. Therefore its former denominations, pitch-blende, pitch-iron-ore, &c. are no longer applicable, and must be supplied by another more appropriate name.—I have chosen that of uranite, (Uranium), as a kind of memorial, that the chemical discovery of this new metal happened in the period of the astronomical discovery of the new planet Uranus.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martin Heinrich Klaproth" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-heinrich-klaproth/pechblende-einer-eigenth-mlichen-selbstst-ndigen-metallischen/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37e/martin-heinrich-klaproth-72236_astronomy_pechblende-einer-eigenth-mlichen-selbsts_689048.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37e/martin-heinrich-klaproth-72236_astronomy_pechblende-einer-eigenth-mlichen-selbsts_689048.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37e/martin-heinrich-klaproth-72236_astronomy_pechblende-einer-eigenth-mlichen-selbsts_689048.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“[Pechblende] einer eigenthümlichen, selbstständigen metallischen Substanz bestehe. 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