Person

Rummel, Ludwig (1837 - 1904)

Born
1837
Marienwerder, West Prussia
Died
1904
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Analytical chemist

Summary

Ludwig Rummel was a chemist in Germany before coming to Australia in 1868. He found work in the phytochemical laboratory established in the Melbourne Botanic Gardens by Ferdinand Mueller. Rummel's work at the laboratory was mainly concerned with the extraction of tannin from plant materials other than wattle-bark, and the identification of alkaloids and other toxic substances isolated from Australian plants. Other work that he may have done while at the laboratory was a matter of contention between Rummel and Mueller. Rummel lost his job at the Gardens in 1873 when, in the administrative upheaval during which Mueller was removed from the position of Director of the Gardens, the laboratory and all its equipment were transferred to the Department of Agriculture. Thereafter Rumel was in business with Melbourne merchant Leopold Hesse in the manufacture of fertilizer, and developed his interest in microscopy and spectroscopy. He was also a music teacher.

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Chronology

1868
Life event - Arrived in Melbourne
c. 1871 - 1873
Career position - Analytical chemist at the phytological laboratory, Melbourne Botanic Gardens

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Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

  • Collins, David, Chemistry in 19th Australia - Select Bibliography, An exhibition of the Encyclopedia circa 2005 with assistance from Ailie Smith and Gavan McCarthy., eScholarship Research Centre (original publisher), Melbourne, 2009, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/ciab/ciab_ALL.html. Details

Journal Articles

  • Mueller, F. von and Rummel, L., 'Note on Two New Vegeto-Alkaloids', Journal of the Chemical Society, London, 35 (1879), 31-32. Details
  • Mueller, Ferdinand von; Rummel, Ludwig, 'Über Duboisin und Duboisinsäure.', Zeitschrift des Allgemeinen Oesterreichischen Apotheker-Vereines, 18 (1880), 20- ?. Details
  • Rae, Ian D.; and Maroske, Sara, 'Ferdinand von Mueller's phytochemical laboratory', Historical Records of Australian Science, 31 (1) (2020), 26-38, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR19010. Details
  • Rummel, L., 'The Spectra of the Alkalies and their Atomic Weights', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 10 (1894), 75-78. Details
  • Rummel, L., 'On the Spectra of the Alkalies', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, New Series, 9 (1897), 260-263. Details
  • Rummel, L., 'The Spectra of Oxygen, Sulphur and Selenium, and their Atomic Weights', Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 12 (1899), 14-19. Details

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