six years after he first discovered carbonated water and four years after Joseph Priestley first created artificially carbonated water, Bergman perfected a process to make carbonated water from chalk by the action of sulphuric acid. He is also noted for his sponsorship of Carl Wilhelm Scheele, whom some deem to be Bergman's "greatest discovery". The translation into English of his book Physical and Chemical Essays was read widely and regarded as the first systematic method of chemical analysis. Personal life In 1771, Bergman married Margareta Catharina Trast. Legacy In Bergman's honour, the uranium mineral torbernite and the lunar crater Bergman both bear his name. Works Tekniska Museet Notes References Further reading Mostrom, Birgitta. (1957). Torbern Bergman: a bibliography of his works. Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell. Includes over 300 items, including translations printed up to 1956. Schufle, J.A. (1985). Torbern Bergman : a man before his time. Lawrence, Kan.: Coronado Press. Johannes Uray, Chemische Theorie und mineralogische Klassifikationssysteme von der chemischen Revolution bis zur Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts. In: Berhard Hubmann, Elmar Schübl, Johannes Seidl (eds.), Die Anfänge geologischer Forschung in Österreich. Beiträge zur Tagung „10 Jahre Arbeitsgruppe Geschichte der Erdwissenschaften Österreichs" von 24. bis 26. April 2009 in Graz. Graz 2010, S 107–125. External links Torbern Bergman Biography – by James S. Aber Bergman, Torbern (1735–1784). Opuscula Physica et Chemica. 6 vols. Uppsala, 1780. Bergman's chemical genealogy Physisk Beskrifning öfver Jord-Klotet (2 volumes, 1773) – full digital facsimile from Linda Hall Library 1735 births 1784 deaths 18th-century Swedish chemists Swedish mineralogists Uppsala University alumni Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Fellows of the Royal Society Members of the American Philosophical Society Members of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities