Ingenhousz

British  

/ ˈɪnɡənˌhaʊs /

noun

1. Jan (jɑn). 1730–99, Dutch plant physiologist and physician, who discovered photosynthesis

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Example Sentences

In 1783, Jan Ingenhousz, a Dutch scientist, accidentally picked up a charged Leyden jar, causing an explosion that made him temporarily lose his memory, judgment, and ability to read and write.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 30, 2015

Very dear, too, to Franklin, was Dr. Jan Ingenhousz, the eminent scientist and physician to Maria Theresa.

From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Bruce, Wiliam Cabell

The apparatus employed by Mr Ingenhousz for this operation is represented in Pl.

From Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries by Lavoisier, Antoine

I cannot, however, find any record of such an observation by either Walsh or Ingenhousz, and do not know where to refer to that by M. Fahlberg.

From Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 by Faraday, Michael

This occurred in the course of the eighteenth century as the result of the pioneer work of Hales, Duhamel, Ingenhousz, Senebier and others.

From Darwin and Modern Science by Seward, A. C. (Albert Charles)