Contributions from 

 The Museum of History and Technology: 



Paper 40 



History of Phosphorus 

 Eduanl Farber 



THE ELEMENT FROM ANIMALS AND PLANTS 178 



EARLY USES 181 



CHEMICAL CONSTITUTION OF PHOSPHORIC ACIDS 182 



PHOSPHATES AS PLANT M TRIIVIs |ss 



FROM INORGANIC TO ORGANIC PHOSPHATES 187 



PHOSPHATIDES AND PHOSPHAGENS 189 



NUCLEIN AND NUCLEIC ACIDS 192 



PHOSPHATES IN BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES 197 



MEDICINES AND POISONS 198 



