Person

Kottmann, Gustav

Occupation: Sugar pioneer

Summary

Gustav Kottmann was a German beet sugar chemist employed by the Colonial Sugar Refining Company in 1883. He undertook field experimental work on soil analysis, green manuring and artificial fertilisers, running trials on a few clumps of cane in nurseries. Between 1885 and 1888 he devised a formula to assess from the weight and analysis of the cane the amount of sugar a mill should obtain from it. This formula was known as P.O.C.S. (Pure Obtainable Cane Sugar). By 1890 he was the inspecting chemist.

Published resources

Resources

Early Chemists of Sydney, 2006, http://members.optusnet.com.au/jph8524/McKern.htm. Details
'Kottmann, Gustav', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1477141. Details

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