Louis Melsens

Louis Melsens

Louis Melsens (Leuven, 1814–Brussels, 1886) was a Belgian physicist and chemist. In 1846, he became professor of chemistry in the Veterinary School in Kureghem. Melsens applied the principle of the Faraday cage to lightning conductors and invented iodine tincture for desinfection. The "Louis Melsens Prize" is awarded to a Belgian or naturalised Belgian author of the most remarkable work on applied chemistry or physics [ [http://www2.cfwb.be/arb/EN/FondationsSC.htm Louis Melsens Prize] (created in 1900)] . The Melsensstraat or Rue Melsens in Brussels is named after him.

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* [http://www.fcguymaria.eu/faits/annees1860-69/faits1865.htm#paratonnerre Le paratonnerre à cage métallique de Louis Melsens] (French)
* D. Thorburn Burns and Hendrik Deelstra, "Analytical chemistry in Belgium: an historical overview", Microchimica Acta, Volume 161, Numbers 1-2, April, 2008, p. 41-66
* [http://www.ebru.be/Streets/StrMelsens.html Melsens street]


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