出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/07/25 15:53 UTC 版)
Joshua Ward (1685–1761) was a London pharmacist and an experimental chemist. In 1736, Ward heated saltpeter and as it decomposed the sulfur was oxidized to SO3, which combined with water to produce sulfuric acid. It was the first practical production of sulfuric acid on a large scale.