Berzelius
[bә'zi:liәs]
Definition
(noun.) Swedish chemist who discovered three new elements and determined the atomic weights of many others (1779-1848).
Editor: Stephen--From WordNet
Examples
- In 1837 Dalton wrote: Berzelius's symbols are horrifying: a young student in chemistry might as soon learn Hebrew as make himself a cquainted with them. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Iridium and Osmium discovered by Tenant, and Cerium by Berzelius. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- More than this, it has been said of Berzelius: In him were united all the different impulses which have advanced the science since the beginning of the present epoch. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Also contemporaneous with Dalton was the great German chemist, Berzelius, who confirmed and extended the discoveries of Dalton. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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