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It was around this time that Priestley discovered soda water. Fixed air (carbon dioxide) had long been known to chemists, and Priestley had experimented with it a little. One day he had the idea of trying to dissolve the carbon dioxide in water. He succeeded and found that the water fizzed. Priestley gave some of the soda water to friends and then went on to other kinds of research. Some years later the British Navy expressed interest in the use of Priestley s sparkling water as a remedy for scurvy, but naturally it was unsuccessful. However, soda water quickly became popular in other circles, even earning praise from Lord Byron, who wrote the following stanza on the back of the manuscript of his poem Don Juan ... 

Count Cagliostro cut a figure somewhat similar to St Germain (whom he met), although, as it was rumoured that he had sold his soul to the Devil in return for the secrets of alchemy, he anticipates Lord Byron. He was born into a humble family in Palermo, and reinvented himself as a count before embarking on a colourful career. He founded a number of Masonic Lodges, and performed a successful transmutation in a Lodge in Warsaw on 7 June 1780. 

The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) sponsored the development of Ada and named the language in honor of Augusta Ada Lovelace, daughter of the poet Lord Byron and assistant to Charles Babbage, the inventor of the analytical engine. Use of Ada is mandated by DOD thus, any vendor aspiring to sell to DOD is usually required to have an Ada compiler. This makes Ada applications very portable. However, we are not aware of Ada s use for any widely available chemistry applications. 

Lord Byron (1788-1824) on the publication of his poem, Childe Harold s Pilgrimage. 

Byron, George Gordon Noei (Lord) 1788-1824 Author, poet Opium addiction... 

George Gordon Noel Lord Byron British poet 1788-1824 Died in Missolonghi, Greece in April... 

George Gordon, Lord Byron, Byron s Don Juan A Variorum Edition, ed. Truman Guy Steffan and Willis W. Pratt, 4 vols. (Austin University of Texas Press, 1971), canto 2, stanza 72. 

Anselin, F., and Poitreau, J. (1966). CEA-R-2961, Centre d etudes Nucleairesde Fontenay-Aux-Roses, La Documentation Frangaise, Secretariat General du Gouvernement. Direction de la Documentation, 16, rue Lord Byron, Paris VIIl "". 

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