Wiegleb, Johann Christian

Wiegleb, Johann Christian. 1786. Handbuch der allgemeinen Chemie. 2 vols. Berlin and Stettin Friedrich Nicolai. 

In 1787 Johann Christian Wiegleb analyzed a zircon from Ceylon and reported only silica, with small amounts of magnesia, lime, and iron (54). Only two years later, Klaproth discovered the earth zirconia in a j argon,... 

Oxalic acid is first isolated by German chemist Johann Christian Wiegleb. 

Johann Christian Wiegleb (Langensalza 21 December 1732-16 January 1800) was a town-councillor and apothecary. He gave practical instruction in his laboratory. He supported Meyer s theory of acidum pingue (see p. 145). He opposed alchemy (IV). Wiegleb was to the end of his life a supporter of the phlogiston theory (see p. 636). He was a copious author both in journals and books. 

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