Augustus Allen Hayes
Born28 February 1806 Edit this on Wikidata
Died21 June 1882 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 76)
OccupationChemist Edit this on Wikidata

Augustus Allen Hayes (February 28, 1806 – June 21, 1882) was an American chemist.

Biography

Hayes was born in Windsor, Vt., Feb. 28, 1806. He was graduated from the Norwich military school in 1823, and studied chemistry under Prof. James Freeman Dana at Dartmouth, 1823–1826.[1][2]

Hayes was assistant professor of chemistry in the New Hampshire medical college, 1826–1828, and an expert chemist in Boston, Mass., 1828–1882. He was the discoverer of the organic alkaloid sanguinaria; invented in 1838 a novel arrangement of steam boilers for the economical generation of steam: and first suggested the application of oxides of iron in refining pig-iron; and a process for the production of saltpetre from sodium nitrate by the action of potassium hydroxide.[1]

Hayes was state assayer of Massachusetts, and he received the honorary degree of M.D. from Dartmouth in 1846. He died in Brookline, Mass., June 21, 1882.[1]

Publications

Hayes the author of papers on:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Wikisource One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Johnson, Rossiter, ed. (1906). "Hayes, Augustus Allen". The Biographical Dictionary of America. Vol. 5. Boston: American Biographical Society. p. 183.
  2. ^ (Anon.) (1882–1883). "Obituary: Augustus Allen Hayes". Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 18: 422–427.
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