Chemik Polski

Bronislaw Znatowicz (1851-1917), chemist, professor at Warsaw University, co-founder and first editor-in-chief of the journal Chemik Polski, author and translator of chemical textbooks and monographs. He investigated the reduction and nitration of aromatic compounds and the production of dyes from tar, and studied the phenomenon of phosphorescence and electrolysis of organic compounds. 

Figure 11.1 Title page of Chemik Polski published in Warsaw 1901-1918 by Sekcja Chemiczna w Warszawskim Oddziale Towarzystwa Popierania Rosyjski-ego Przemyslu i Handlu (Chemistry Section of the Warsaw Branch of the Russian Society for the Promotion of Industry and Commerce).

In the period of consolidation of the Polish Chemical Society, its publishing activity was limited to two periodicals Roczniki Chemii (Annals of Chemistry), the successor of the Chemik Polski (The Polish Chemist, established 1901), and Przemysl Chemiczny (Chemical Industry), successor of Metan (Methane, published in Lemberg from 1916). The Chemik published original contributions and review papers, annual activity reports of the PTCh, biographies and jubilee papers, as well as reviews and notes on new publications in chemistry. The authors of these texts were employees of universities, research institutes, private... 

Szperl, L. (1917), O dzialalnoki Sekcji Chemicznej i Kola Chemikow w latach 1887-1917, Chemik Polski 15, 132-137. 

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