How to use Geber in a sentence
Whether gibber comes from Geber, as Dr Johnson contends, must remain in doubt.
It is also attributed to Geber, a celebrated Arabian alchemist, who lived in Mesopotamia in the eighth century.
Parsons on the Rose | Samuel Browne ParsonsA very distinguished chemist, Geber, describes it as one of "the principles of nature."
The Story of a Tinder-box | Charles Meymott TidyHe made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold; but they went not; for the ships were broken (wrecked) at Ezion-Geber.
Myths of Babylonia and Assyria | Donald A. MackenzieThe very titles of Geber's works show the notions on which this pretended science proceeds.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 3 (of 7) | Geoffrey Chaucer
British Dictionary definitions for Geber
/ (ˈdʒiːbə) /
Latinized form of Jabir, assumed in honour of Jabir ibn Hayyan by a 14th-century alchemist, probably Spanish: he described the preparation of nitric and sulphuric acids
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