Joshua Ward

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Joshua Ward (1685–1761)

Joshua Ward (1685–1761) was a London pharmacist and an experimental chemist.^[1] In 1736, Ward heated saltpeter and as it decomposed the sulfur was oxidized to SO₃, which combined with water to produce sulfuric acid. It was the first practical production of sulfuric acid on a large scale.

Background

His full-length portrait by the sculptor Agostino Carlini (active 1725 - 53) is at the V & A Museum in London.

Statue in the V&A

References

↑ Archibald Clow (1992). The Chemical Revolution. ISBN 2-88124-549-8. "Whether Ward, or his partner, John White, was the chemist is uncertain, ..."

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Name	Ward, Joshua
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Short description	British chemist
Date of birth	1685
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Date of death	1761
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