Wilhelm August Lampadius

At the University of Göttingen (1791–92) he was taught by Johann Friedrich Gmelin and Georg Christoph Lichtenberg.

At the same time Joachim Graf von Sternberg offered Lampadius to accompany him on a research travel to Russia and China.

In 1811/12 Lampadius illuminated his street in front of his house in Freiberg with the first hard coal gas lantern in Europe.

[3] In 1796 he accidentally obtained carbon disulfide (Schwefelalcohol) by destilling iron pyrites with moist charcoal.

His discovery lead him to realize the harmfulness of many plates and pans then used in food preparation and presentation.