Vauquelin

[ vohkuh-lan ]

noun

1. Louis Ni·co·las [lwee nee-kaw-, lah], 1763–1829, French chemist: discoverer of chromium and beryllium.

Example Sentences

The perfumer destined this engraving for the savant Vauquelin, to whom he was under obligations.

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The Pliade was essentially pagan, Vauquelin essentially Christian.

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Vauquelin found nine different substances in black hair; in red hair, a red oil instead of a greenish-black one.

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The specific gravity of this metal, when laminated, is stated by Dr. Wollaston at 11·8, and by Vauquelin at 12·1.

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This substance was the lime salt of an acid to which Vauquelin in 1806 gave the name of quinic acid (acide quinique).

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