Ingenhousz

British  

/ ˈɪnɡənˌhaʊs /

noun

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

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Ingenhousz

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

Ingenhousz, John, experiments by, on nitrogen in plants, 41; on oxygen evolved by plants, 12.

From Manures and the principles of manuring by Charles Morton Aikman

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 A. C. (Albert Charles) Seward

We have lost our common Friend," he wrote to Jan Ingenhousz, "the excellent Pringle.

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

His improvements in fireplaces have already been noticed; the cure of smoky chimneys was the subject of a long paper addressed to Dr. Ingenhousz, and of some other letters.

From Heroes of Science: Physicists by William Garnett

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