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Apr 14, 2021 · Jabir ibn Hayyan was an 8th century famous Arab scientists, philosopher, and pharmacist. Due to the immense contribution he had in the fields of alchemy and chemistry, he came to be known as the “Father of modern chemistry”.
Abū Mūsā Jābir ibn Ḥayyān ( Arabic: أبو موسى جابر بن حيّان, variously called al-Ṣūfī, al-Azdī, al-Kūfī, or al-Ṭūsī ), died c. 806−816, is the purported author of a large number of works in Arabic, often called the Jabirian corpus.
Apr 20, 2021 · Among the most important contributions present in the Arabic writings attributed to Jabir is the importance of practical knowledge acquired through experience and experimentation, i.e. the adoption of the experimental method in the Islamic world, much earlier than in Europe.
Jabir Ibn Hayyan (Geber) contributed significantly in the field of chemistry. Some of the important discoveries and contributions he made are: Discovery of Acids: He was the first to produce sulfuric acid and nitric acid.
Jabirian contributions include: The importance of practical knowledge gained from experience and experiment. A broadening of the scope of investigation of materials to include not just minerals, but also plant and animal substances. The importance of number in an understading of the universe.
Mar 30, 2022 · Popularly known as the father of chemistry, Jabir’s works contain the oldest known systematic classification of chemical substances and the oldest known instructions for deriving an inorganic compound from organic substances by chemical means.
In what may be his most important contribution to later scientists, ibn Ḥayyān began to study how mixing substances—using heat, acid, and other methods and tools—could change them. These processes included: Distillation – Purifying something by boiling it and then capturing the steam.
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