Biography & contributions
Torbern Bergman was born on March 20, 1735
Bergman was a Swedish chemist and mineralogist
He was the first chemist to use the A, B, C system of notation for chemical species
Bergman invented a process to make carbonated water from chalk by the action of sulfuric acid
He investigated the pyroelectric properties of the mineral tourmaline
Bergman also studied carbon dioxide
He was one of the founders of chemical mineralogy and he also devised an improved version of Geoffrey's affinity tables
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