Adair Crawford

Adair Crawford (* 1748, † 1795 in Lymington ) was a Scots-Irish chemist and professor at the Royal Military Academy. He also practiced occasionally at St Thomas ' Hospital. Crawford was involved in 1790 with William Cruickshank at the discovery of the element strontium. He was a pioneer in the field of calorimetry. Here he influenced Alessandro Volta.

Works

• Experiments and Observations on Animal Heat, and the Inflammation of Combustible Bodies London: Murray, 1779
• An Experimental Enquiry Into the Effects of Tonics ( Adair Crawford, John Ring, Alexander Crawford ) in the Google Book Search

• Chemists ( 18th century )
• Born in 1748
• Died in 1795
• Man