Italian chemist Stanislao Cannizzaro, known for his theories on atomic weight. He was the first chemist to see the full significance of Avogadro’s law. In the 1850s, Cannizzaro suggested comparing everything to the mass of a hydrogen (H) atom. This helped chemists establish chemical formula and make reliable chemical calculations.
74200login-checkJuly 13th- Italian chemist Stanislao Cannizzaro was born on this day in 1826
