Edward Adam

Edward Adam
Illustration of a statue of Edward Adam built in Montpellier, designed by Gabriel-Vital Dubray
Born(1768-10-11)11 October 1768
Rouen, France
Died11 November 1807(1807-11-11) (aged 39)
Montpellier, France
Known forStill modifications to improve chemical rectification
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry

Edward Adam (11 October 1768 – 11 November 1807) was a French chemist who, beginning in 1800 while studying at Montpellier, invented various still modifications to improve rectification, upon which the industrialization of the manufacture of products such as liquor have since been based.

Biography

Jean-Édouard Adam invented a distillation method that removed all spirit from wine, revolutionizing wine production in the Southern France, bringing it economic prosperity for a time, before being ruined by the loss of the many lawsuits he had to fight against his counterfeiters. Having registered a first patent in 1801 and another in 1805, his brother Gaspard Zacharie made further improvements through successive patents after his death.

References

  1. ↑ Place Édouard Adam, publié le 18 juin 2016 sur le site de l'association sudbabote.fr (consulté le 2 novembre 2018)
  2. ↑ Payen, Anselme (1878). Benjamin Horatio Paul (ed.). Industrial chemistry, a manual based upon Payen's 'Précis de chimie industrielle'. pp. 890.
  3. ↑ A Restauranteurs Eye View of Vodka
  4. ↑ Food and Feed Technology. Vol. 1. John Wiley & Sons. 2007. p. 142. ISBN 9780470174487.
  5. ↑ Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology: Bearing materials to carbon. Wiley. 1992. p. 154. ISBN 9780471526728.
  6. ↑ Lasche's Magazine for the Practical Distiller: A Monthly Journal Devoted to Practical and Scientific Information for the Distiller. Vol. 2. Milwaukee Brewing Academy. 1904. pp. 325–327.
  7. ↑ Brevet 1801 base INPI, brevets anciens