Gustav Werther

Werther was a chemistry instructor at the artillery and engineering school in Berlin. In 1853, Werther became an associate professor at the University of Königsberg, where in 1859 he was appointed a full professor of chemistry.^[1][2]

From 1853 onward, he was an editor of Otto Linné Erdmann's Journal für practische Chemie.^[1] The following are some of Werther's principal works:

• De tartratibus nonnullis atque uvariatibus (1843).
• Die unorganische Chemie (1850/52) 2 divisions – Inorganic chemistry.
• Praktisches Handbuch bei dem Bau Eiserner Träger (1853).
• Die unorganische Chemie ein Grundriss für seine Vorlesungen, (1863) – Inorganic chemistry; an outline for lectures.^[3]
• Ueber eine Verbindung von Schwefel, Nickel und Wismuth – On the linking of sulfur, nickel and bismuth.^[4]