Important Figures in Analytical Chemistry from Germany: From the Middle Ages to the Nineteenth Century - Important Figures of Analytical Chemistry from Germany in Brief Biographies - page 36

Fig. 2.17 Portrait of
Friedrich Stromeyer
(1776-1835)
Fig. 2.18 Portrait of Joseph
Fraunhofer (1787-1826)
the highest level of union between a craftsman and a theoretician (see Fig. 2.18 for
his portrait). His activities permitted major progress in analytical chemistry via spec-
troscopy and his improvements to optical components, namely to glass for prisms,