The name of who discoverd it and info on him
2006-10-15 09:56:28 · 5 answers · asked by erin b 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
This compound has been known for a LONG time. Even the Egyptians knew about vinegar, LONG before the Greeks.
The only answer is to say that it has been known since ancient times. (You MIGHT, if you are lucky, do some research to find the first CIVILIZATION that used it, but you will never find the name of the person....the written record does not go back that far).
But if you did the research, you wouldn't be asking here anyway....
2006-10-15 10:06:03 · answer #1 · answered by MrZ 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Egyptians at least, and probably earlier civilizations.
You understand that vinegar is "acetic acid", right? And acetic acid is almost the same thing as "alcohol"?
You get alcohol by allowing yeast (little fungi) to eat sugar and then they excrete alcohol as a waste product. Sounds gross, eh? - the alcohol is a bit poison to them, so it slows them down or even kills them. So, you can have a jar with grape juice (ripe grapes have a lot of sugar in them) and if some yeast get in, they will chance the sugar to alcohol - there you go, wine! But if the yeast are not killed, and especially if the jar has no stopper, then the yeast will change the wine to vinegar. Since there are always a few yeast around, this will happen anytime you have some grape juice and it is exposed to the air. (so why not make wine at home? - well, lots of people do, but there some yeast are better at making wine than others, and some bacteria might get in there, too... and you wind up with wine that smelles bad.)
So, ancient people discovered wine probably by accident as soon as they had containers of grape juice. And then soon after that, they probably discovered vinegar by accident in the same jars. They didnt know what was going on, of course. They just knew that something interesting was happening.
If you remember, in the Bible, while Jesus was being crucified, one of the soldiers offered him a sponge with some vinegar on it to wipe his lips....
2006-10-15 17:23:13 · answer #2 · answered by matt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no who for discovery of vinegar. Wine turns to vinegar when bacteria act on it and turn the alcohol to acid. It was discovered by accident by many when their wine spoiled. Then it was discovered that vinegar could help keep some other foods from spoiling as in pickles.
2006-10-15 18:40:22 · answer #3 · answered by science teacher 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Adam and eve its been around as long as wine
2006-10-15 17:03:43 · answer #4 · answered by dreson k 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it was discovered by the ancient Greeks
2006-10-15 17:01:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋