Metallurgy, Materials & Chemistry
Prafulla Chandra Ray and Bengal Chemicals
1896-1901P. C. RayMercurous nitrite paper (1896); Bengal Chemicals (1901)Bengal
1896
Prepared stable mercurous nitrite and founded India's first modern pharmaceutical company.
- Dated
- 1896–1901
- As scholars put it
- 1896-1901
- Originator
- P. C. Ray
- Source text
- Mercurous nitrite paper (1896); Bengal Chemicals (1901)
- Region
- Bengal
- Discipline
- Metallurgy, Materials & Chemistry
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Verification
- Reference-cited
Fair to say
Also wrote the classic History of Hindu Chemistry.
Path to modern innovation
Seeded India's chemical industry.
Builds on
Transmission
Done in India.
References
- 1Ray (1896)
- 2company records
Further reading
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