During the heat of excitement, Kolbe dropped the fare to three cents, which the company followed.
Looking Back|Merrick Abner Richardson
The making of medicines from coal tar began in 1874 when Kolbe made salicylic acid from carbolic acid.
Creative Chemistry|Edwin E. Slosson
I thought this animal might be the same as that which Kolbe mentions by the name of the tiger-wolf.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume IX (of 10)|Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon
Williamson insisted on plain, simple formulæ, without commas, without the buckles of Kolbe or the brackets of Gerhardt.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, January 1899|Various
Scientific definitions for Kolbe
Kolbe
[ kôl′bə ]
(Adolphe Wilhelm) Hermann1818-1884
German chemist who was the first to synthesize an organic compound from inorganic materials (1843-45). He also developed an electrolytic procedure for the preparation of alkanes, and in 1859 synthesized salicylic acid from coal tar, which laid the foundation for the development of aspirin.