Augustus George Vernon Harcourt 1834 - 1919

occupation:
Chemist
Nationality:
English; British
born in:
London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom

Chemical research included the purification and analysis of coal gas and rates of chemical reactions. His most important work relates to the improvement in the testing of gas with the introduction of the pentane lamp as the official standard of light in place of the variable spermaceti candle.