Ingenhousz
Britishnoun
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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
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
"Our celebrated Botanist of Pennsylvania," Franklin deservedly terms him in a letter to Jan Ingenhousz.
From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Wiliam Cabell Bruce
Georges Ville was the first to reassert the older theory, put forward by Priestley and Ingenhousz.
From Manures and the principles of manuring by Charles Morton Aikman
And here I may be allowed to make an observation on the case of the farmer communicated to me by Dr. Ingenhousz.
From The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) by Various
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