P. M. de Respour

P. M. de Respour was a Flemish metallurgist and alchemist who is known as first person for reporting that he had extracted metallic zinc from zinc oxide in 1668.[1]

Original works

References

  1. Emsley, John (2001). "Zinc". Nature's Building Blocks: An A-Z Guide to the Elements. Oxford, England, UK: Oxford University Press. pp. 499–505. ISBN 0-19-850340-7.
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