Johan August Arfwedson

1792-1841

 

  He was an Officer at the Royal Bureau of Mines at Stockholm who discovered lithium by noting a loss of weight in the analysis of petalite (lithium aluminum silicate). He performed this work with Berzelius.  
 

     

  1. Photographs of Uto, Sweden

  2. Photographs of Stockholm, Sweden
 

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