Wasicky family
Richard Balthasar Wasicky, Austrian-born Jewish Brazilian pharmacognosist (Teschen 06 February 1884 – São Paulo 09 August 1970) Recognized the potentiality of fluorescence microscopy for pharmacological studies (1913) Introduced new methods for the plant extract standardisation With Marianne Joachimowitz developed an accurate method for estimating beberine (1917) Built an apparatus for continuous extraction of microquantities of solids Described microchemical methods for the identification of potassium nitrate (1919) With Roberto Wasicky elaborated a method for determining the hemolytic activity of saponin (1961) With H. Stammreich & A. Giuliani described a new apparatus for the electrical recording of locomotion movements in laboratory animals in An. Fac. Farm. Odont. Univ. S. Paulo 8:187, 1950 With C. Wimmer developed a method for detection of shells in cocoa With C. Wimmer. Eine neue method des nachweises der schalen im Kakao. Zeitschr. Untersuch. Nahr. Genussmittel 30:25-7, 1915 Eine neue sehr empfindliche Farbenreaktion der Atropins, Hyoszyamins und Skopolamins. Zeitschr. f. Anal. Chem. 54:392-5, 1915 Novo método para dosagem de saponinas. An. Fac. Farm. Odont. Univ. S. Paulo 2:63-76, 1942 A new biological method for determination of Digitalis bitterness Dosagem biológica das folhas de dedaleira por meio de seu sabor amargo. An. Fac. Farm. Odont. Univ. S. Paulo 2:77, 1941-2 With Clara Ferreira & Ester de Camargo Fonseca. Um novo método de dosagem das saponinas, utilizando a inibição do seu poder espumante. An. Fac. Farm. Odont. Univ. S. Paulo 4:230-74, 1944-5 Defined a bitterness index With F. J. Maffei. Um aparelho de construção simples de micro e macrodeterminação de ponto de fusão. Bol. Acad. Nac. Farmacia 10:615, 1948 With H. Stammreich. Um dispositivo para medição e registro da excitação do sistema nervoso dos animais. An. Fac. Farm. Odont. Univ. S. Paulo (1951) EPONYMY Wasicky reaction for alkaloids Wasicky reagent or p-dimethylaminobenzaldehyde in water solution of sulphuric acid (1915) Wasicky method for tannic acid Wasicky method for antipyrine (1916) Wasicky test for marihuana Wasicky test for morphine Bornträger-Wasicky reaction for anthraquinones (1942) His son, Roberto Wasicky, Austrian-born Brazilian pharmacognosist (Wien 22 December 1925 – São Paulo 19 December 2003) DEVELOPED TECHNIQUES/DEVICES With T. A. N. Toledo. Introdução no Brasil do processo de cromatografia em camada delgada pelo Sistema Egon Stahl. Algumas modificações introduzidas. Trib. Farm. Um melhoramento no aparelho para determinação dos óleos essenciais da farmacopeia brasileira. Edição II (1959) Nova aplicação da cromatografia em papel como meio adicional para caracterizar substâncias das farmacopeias e outros compostos. An. Fac. Farm. Odont. Univ. São Paulo 17:33, 1960 With A. Orsini. Um contador eletrônico de movimento para pequenos animais. An. Fac. Farm. Odont. Univ. São Paulo 13:1-6, 1955 Developed a simple device for thin-layer chromatography on microscope slides in Anal. Chem. 34:136, 1962 Uma modificação do aparelho de Clevenger para extração de óleos essenciais. Rev. Fac. Farm. Bioquim. 1(1):77-81, 1963 With G. Akisue. Um aparelho aperfeiçoado para extração de óleos essenciais. Rev. Fac. Farm. Bioquim. São Paulo 7(2):399-05, 1969 With G. Akisue. Aparelho extrator de óleo essencial, modificação do aparelho de Clevenger. Rev. Bras. Farmacog. 1(2):247-52, 1986 A simple method to record motor activity in mice. Rev. Bras. Farmacog. (2-4):208-10, 1989 An essential oil still for large-scale laboratory use. Rev. Bras. Farmacog (2-4):211-5, 1989 EPONYMY Sublimation technique of Wasicky-Akisue Wasicky technique for identifying calcium in oxalate crystals (1959)
Wang Shih Wu
Wang Shih Wu or Wangshi Wu, Chinese paleontologist (fl.1957-92) DESCRIBED FOSSIL CNIDARIA GENERA Anfractophyllum 1982 with Zhou Antheria 1974 with Zhou Axopinnophyllum 1986 with Zhao Batangophyllum 1979 with Zhang Cardiaphyllum 1982 with Zhou Ceriphyllum 1981 with Zhao Characophyllum 1989 with Zhao Complanophyllum 1981 with Zhao Dematophyllum 1981 with Jiang Diphyphylloides 1989 with Zhao Diversiphyllum 1983 with Kong Dizonophyllum 1989 with Zhao Empachyphyllum 1989 with Zhao Falconophyllum 1979 Foliophyllum 1979 Liuzhaiphyllum 1987 Longlinophyllia 1985 with Lin Mictolithostrotion 1989 with Zhao Monothecalis 1983 with Zhao Monsteraphyllum 1983 with Kong Neokueichowpora 1982 with Zhao Nephelophyllum 1974 with Zhao Nothophyllum 1987 Paraduplophyllum 1982 with Zhou Paragangamophyllum 1989 with Zhao Paraipiciphyllum 1963 Paralytrophyllum 1989 with Zhao Parazaphriphyllum 1989 with Zhao Prolytrophyllum 1989 with Zhao Pseudocarniaphyllum 1962 Qiubeiphyllum 1983 with Kong Ramiphyllum 1979 with Zhang Sarcinophyllum 1986 with Zhao Stilbophyllum 1983 with Kong Streptophyllum 1983 with Kong Wentzelellites 1963 Yishanophyllum 1988 with Liao
Trevor Lloyd Wadley
Trevor Lloyd Wadley, South African electrical engineer (Durban 02 September 1920 – Warner Beach, Natal Province 21 May 1981) INVENTED Wadley loop receiver or circuit (1940s) A sound for measuring ionosphere with a novel heterodyne method Tellurometer, used in land surveying (1954) Panoramic adapter PATENTS Distance measuring system. US3241139A (1964) Determining relative position by means of transit time of waves. US2907999A (1955) & US3229285A (1960) Device including a rotating magnet positioned relative to another magnet for indicating the presence of magnetizable elements. US3541438A (1967)
Thosaporn Wongratana
Thosaporn Wongratana, Thai ichthyologist (fl.1967) DESCRIBED VALID PISCES SPECIES Anodontostoma thailandiae 1983 Clupeichthys aesarnensis 1983 Encrasicholina oligobranchus 1983 Eptatretus indrambaryai 1984 Escualosa elongata 1983 Etrumeus whiteheadi 1983 Gonialosa whiteheadi 1983 Herklotsichthys collettei 1987 Herklotsichthys gotoi 1983 Herklotsichthys lossei 1983 Ilisha obfuscata 1983 Ilisha striatula 1983 Myersina crocata 1975 Nematalosa flyensis 1983 Pellona dayi 1983 Ratabulus melanopterus 1987 with Knapp Sardinella richardsoni 1983 Setipinna paxtoni 1987 Setipinna wheeleri 1983 Sillago intermedia 1977 Soleichthys siammakuti 1975 Spratelloides lewisi 1983 Stolephorus advenus 1987 Stolephorus brachycephalus 1983 Stolephorus dubiosus 1983 Stolephorus multibranchus 1987 Stolephorus nelsoni 1987 Stolephorus ronquillo 1983 Thryssa dayi 1983 Thryssa kannmalensoides 1983 Thryssa marasriae 1987 Thryssa polybranchialis 1983 Thryssa stenosoma 1983 Thryssa whiteheadi 1983
Shou Guan Wang
Shou Guan Wang, Chinese astronomer (Fuzhou, Fujian Province 15 January 1923 – With Z.H. Zhu, Z.L. Zou & Y.Z. Zhang proposed a special pulsar 50 m radio telescope for the detection of cosmic gravitational waves (2002) With X.Q. Cui & D.Q. Su proposed a new configuration for a 10 m optical/infrared telescope for high-resolution work (2001) With D.Q. Su proposed the configuration of Large Sky Area Multi-object Fiber Spectroscope-Telescope (LAMOST), the telescope with the largest aperture in the world and most powerful instruments for multi-object fiber spectroscopic observation (1994) HONORS 3171 Wangshouguan (Minor Planet)
Shigueo Watanabe
Shigueo Watanabe, Brazilian physicist (Araçatuba, São Paulo State 04 April 1924 – From Japanese ancestry First to study deuteron scattering by nuclei and proposed Watanabe potential High-energy scattering of deuterons by complex nuclei. Nuclear Phys. 8:484, 1958 Discovered general conductivity rules in silicate glasses With M.L.F. Nascimento proposed universal curves of ionic conductivities in binary alkali germinate, tellurite, borate and silicate glasses (2005-6) With N.F. Cano & J.C.R. Mittani. Use of Epb-Pb 3+ center of the amazonite for dating. Appl. Radia. Isotopes 62:251-4, 2005 With C. Sunta, W.E. F. Ayta & J.F.D. Chubaci. Test for quasi-equilibrium in thermally stimulated luminescence and conductivity. Rad. Meas. 35(6):595-02, 2002 With J.F.D. Chubaci, K. Ogata & F. Fujimoto. Formation of carbon nitride – a novel hard coating. Nucl. Instr. Meth. Phys. Res. Sect B 116:452-6, 1996 With T. Farias, R. Gennari, G. Ferraz, R. Kunzli & J. Chubaci. Chemical process to separate iron oxides particles in pottery sample for EPR dating. Spectrochimica Acta. Part A, Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 71: 1261-1265, 2008 Patents BR1020120111586 (2012)