Charles Chamberland

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Charles Chamberland was a French microbiologist who worked with Louis Pasteur. In 1884 he developed a type of filtration known today as the Chamberland filter or Chamberland-Pasteur filter, constituting of an unglazed porcelain bar.[1] He was also credited for starting a research project that led to the invention of the autoclave device.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Horzinek MC (1997). "The birth of virology". Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 71: 15–20. DOI:10.1023/A:1000197505492. 
  2. ^ Charles Chamberland (1851-1908) (French). Repères chronologiques. Retrieved on March 17, 2007.
In other languages