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This article claims that Elizabeth Fulhame "invented" catalysis before Berzelius "and Buchner" (the latter has no role anyway in the discovery of catalysis). It claims:
The claim and the statement "...theoretical work on catalysis was a major step in the history of chemistry..." is based on an article (by Keith J. Laidler and Athel Cornish-Bowden) which spans 4 pages and can be read by anyone interested by following the link given in the citation. It is obvious that that contribution is extremely biased and following some political agenda in attempting to rewrite the history of chemistry. You can call it "fake history". The evidence presented in that 4 pages article that Fulhame "invented" the concept of catalysis is absolutely unconvincing and actually shows that the authors have not understood the concept of catalysis (as opposed to a stoichiometric reaction, or a solvent effect). The simple fact that the authors cite "Buchner" as a key figure for catalysis shows what little they understand of the topic. Maybe they mixed him up with Ostwald? Leidler/Cornish-Bowden cite a statement from Fulhame's book:
and then they boldly write:
Which is clearly wrong, since the statement of Fulhame obviously relates to stoichiometric reactions of metal oxides with hydrogen (and of metals with water, but that statement is wrong anyway), and is essentially following the view of Lavoisier who died in the year Fulhames book was published. There are other articles on Fulhame's work and claims of her "theory of catalysis", but clearly the concept of catalysis was invented later and was only applied to her work with hindsight. In any case her theories on the necessity of water in reductions of metal oxides or of oxidations of metals are not correct and the modern foundations of catalysis have been laid out by Ostwald without the need for Fulhams work. You can certainly dig up dozens of theories from the past and try to give them a modern spin just to claim some "important scientist overlooked for whatever reason" to push your political agenda. It is outrageous how politically biased views and obvious misrepresentations of facts by authors who don't have a clue of their topic find their way into Wikipedia. Elhacat ( talk) 19:23, 12 August 2017 (UTC)
She's an important historical figure in the history of chemistry. There are quite a few accessible secondary sources on her work. This page is pretty much a stub. I've decided to take on the task of improving it, however I'll be slowly editing to include more the details and sources to summarize her life, work, and contributions to chemistry. Shameran81 ( talk) 18:39, 5 April 2015 (UTC)
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I removed the argument that she wasn't known to be Scottish from the article since it seems to be original research. I note that 'Scottish' can mean Scottish born, Scottish ancestry, or Scottish residency. Given that her husband (and presumably her) worked in Scotland for a couple of decades (admittedly the evidence seems to be original research) and was studying medicine there before, Scottish by residency at a minimum is probable. And where did she meet Priestley in October 1793 or did he see some of her results and exchange letters? Erp ( talk) 05:13, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
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This article claims that Elizabeth Fulhame "invented" catalysis before Berzelius "and Buchner" (the latter has no role anyway in the discovery of catalysis). It claims:
The claim and the statement "...theoretical work on catalysis was a major step in the history of chemistry..." is based on an article (by Keith J. Laidler and Athel Cornish-Bowden) which spans 4 pages and can be read by anyone interested by following the link given in the citation. It is obvious that that contribution is extremely biased and following some political agenda in attempting to rewrite the history of chemistry. You can call it "fake history". The evidence presented in that 4 pages article that Fulhame "invented" the concept of catalysis is absolutely unconvincing and actually shows that the authors have not understood the concept of catalysis (as opposed to a stoichiometric reaction, or a solvent effect). The simple fact that the authors cite "Buchner" as a key figure for catalysis shows what little they understand of the topic. Maybe they mixed him up with Ostwald? Leidler/Cornish-Bowden cite a statement from Fulhame's book:
and then they boldly write:
Which is clearly wrong, since the statement of Fulhame obviously relates to stoichiometric reactions of metal oxides with hydrogen (and of metals with water, but that statement is wrong anyway), and is essentially following the view of Lavoisier who died in the year Fulhames book was published. There are other articles on Fulhame's work and claims of her "theory of catalysis", but clearly the concept of catalysis was invented later and was only applied to her work with hindsight. In any case her theories on the necessity of water in reductions of metal oxides or of oxidations of metals are not correct and the modern foundations of catalysis have been laid out by Ostwald without the need for Fulhams work. You can certainly dig up dozens of theories from the past and try to give them a modern spin just to claim some "important scientist overlooked for whatever reason" to push your political agenda. It is outrageous how politically biased views and obvious misrepresentations of facts by authors who don't have a clue of their topic find their way into Wikipedia. Elhacat ( talk) 19:23, 12 August 2017 (UTC)
She's an important historical figure in the history of chemistry. There are quite a few accessible secondary sources on her work. This page is pretty much a stub. I've decided to take on the task of improving it, however I'll be slowly editing to include more the details and sources to summarize her life, work, and contributions to chemistry. Shameran81 ( talk) 18:39, 5 April 2015 (UTC)
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I removed the argument that she wasn't known to be Scottish from the article since it seems to be original research. I note that 'Scottish' can mean Scottish born, Scottish ancestry, or Scottish residency. Given that her husband (and presumably her) worked in Scotland for a couple of decades (admittedly the evidence seems to be original research) and was studying medicine there before, Scottish by residency at a minimum is probable. And where did she meet Priestley in October 1793 or did he see some of her results and exchange letters? Erp ( talk) 05:13, 12 April 2024 (UTC)