1855Cocaine Isolated by Friedrich Gaedcke

Cocaine is isolated by Friedrich Gaedcke.
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🧪 Morphine Isolated

Morphine first isolated.
Morphine Isolated (1804)
ChemistryMedicinePharmaceuticalsPharmacology
GermanyGermany

🧪 Morphine Isolated from Opium

Friedrich Sertürner discovers morphine as the first active alkaloid extracted from the opium poppy plant.
Morphine Isolated from Opium (1804)
ChemistryMedicinePharmacology
GermanyGermany

🧪 Wöhler Synthesizes Urea, Dismantling Vitalism

Friedrich Wöhler synthesized urea, refuting vitalism.
Wöhler Synthesizes Urea, Dismantling Vitalism (1828)
ChemistryScientific RevolutionModern Science
GermanyGermany

🔭 Friedrich Bessel Measures Stellar Parallax

Friedrich Bessel: first successful measure of stellar parallax (to star 61 Cygni).
Friedrich Bessel Measures Stellar Parallax (1838)
AstronomyPhysicsScientific RevolutionObservational AstronomyStarsMeasurement
GermanyGermany

🧪 Cocaine Isolated by Friedrich Gaedcke

Cocaine Isolated by Friedrich Gaedcke (1855)
ChemistryPharmaceuticalsExtraction
GermanyGermany

🧪 Eugen Baumann Synthesizes Polyvinyl Chloride

Polyvinyl chloride, more commonly known as vinyl, is synthesized by German chemist Eugen Baumann
Eugen Baumann Synthesizes Polyvinyl Chloride (1872)
ChemistryMaterial ScienceIndustrial Revolution
GermanyGermany