Karl Friedrich Mohr

Karl Friedrich Mohr (born Nov. 4, 1806, Koblenz, Prussia—died Sept. 28, 1879, Bonn) was a German chemist who invented such laboratory apparatus as the pinchcock, cork borer, and Mohr’s balance. The leading scientific pharmacist of his time in Germany, he improved many analytical processes and was one of the first to enunciate the doctrine of the conservation of energy (1837). Following his studies, he entered business for a time, turned to research, and became a professor at the University of Bonn (1867).