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Józef Jerzy Boguski (; 1853–1933) was a Polish chemist and a professor at the
Józef Jerzy Boguski (; 1853–1933) was a Polish chemist and a professor at the Warsaw Polytechnic
The Warsaw University of Technology ( pl, Politechnika Warszawska, lit=Varsovian Polytechnic) is one of the leading institutes of technology in Poland and one of the largest in Central Europe. It employs 2,453 teaching faculty, with 357 professor ...
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Life
Boguski had served as an assistant in St. Petersburg to the Russian chemistDmitri Mendeleev
Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev (sometimes transliterated as Mendeleyev or Mendeleef) ( ; russian: links=no, Дмитрий Иванович Менделеев, tr. , ; 8 February Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates">O.S._27_January.html" ;"title="O ...
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From 1895 Boguski was a professor at Warsaw's Wawelberg and Rotwand School, and from 1920 at the Warsaw Polytechnic
The Warsaw University of Technology ( pl, Politechnika Warszawska, lit=Varsovian Polytechnic) is one of the leading institutes of technology in Poland and one of the largest in Central Europe. It employs 2,453 teaching faculty, with 357 professor ...
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He carried out pioneering studies in chemical kinetics and formulated " Boguski's rule" concerning the speed of dissolution of solids in liquid
A liquid is a nearly incompressible fluid that conforms to the shape of its container but retains a (nearly) constant volume independent of pressure. As such, it is one of the four fundamental states of matter (the others being solid, gas, a ...
s.
It was at a laboratory run by Boguski in the Museum of Industry and Agriculture
The Museum of Industry and Agriculture ( pl, Muzeum Przemysłu i Rolnictwa) is a former museum of technology and agriculture at 66, ''Krakowskie Przedmieście'' in Warsaw, Poland.
History
It was founded in 1866 on the initiative of Jan Tadeusz Lu ...
at '' Krakowskie Przedmieście 66'' in Warsaw that his cousin Maria Skłodowska (Marie Curie), future investigator of radioactivity and future double Nobel laureate
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, in 1890–91 began her practical scientific training.
During World War I, Boguski studied explosive
An explosive (or explosive material) is a reactive substance that contains a great amount of potential energy that can produce an explosion if released suddenly, usually accompanied by the production of light, heat, sound, and pressure. An expl ...
s and poison
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s with military applications.
He was also a popularizer of science.
Honors
In 1926Kraków University
The Jagiellonian University (Polish: ''Uniwersytet Jagielloński'', UJ) is a public research university in Kraków, Poland. Founded in 1364 by King Casimir III the Great, it is the oldest university in Poland and the 13th oldest university in ...
and the Warsaw Polytechnic
The Warsaw University of Technology ( pl, Politechnika Warszawska, lit=Varsovian Polytechnic) is one of the leading institutes of technology in Poland and one of the largest in Central Europe. It employs 2,453 teaching faculty, with 357 professor ...
bestowed an honorary doctorate on Boguski. In the same year, he also became an Honorary Member of the Polish Chemical Society.
See also
* List of PolesNotes
References
*"Boguski, Józef Jerzy," ''Encyklopedia powszechna PWN'' (PWN Universal Encyclopedia), vol. 1, Warsaw, Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1973, p. 305. *Robert Reid, ''Marie Curie'', New York, New American Library, 1974. : 1853 births 1933 deaths Polish chemists Scientists from Warsaw {{chemist-stub