Helmont

[ hel-mont; Flemish hel-mawnt ]

noun

1. Jan Bap·tis·ta van [yahn bahp , tis, -tah-vahn], 1579–1644, Flemish chemist and physician.

Helmont

/ ˈhɛlmɔnt /

noun

1. HelmontJean Baptiste van15771644MFlemishSCIENCE: chemistMEDICINE: physician Jean Baptiste van (ʒɑ̃ batist vɑn). 1577–1644, Flemish chemist and physician. He was the first to distinguish gases and claimed to have coined the word gas

Example Sentences

Demons, witches, and ghosts were included in Van Helmont's system as causes of disease.

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The word gas was suggested to Van Helmont by the Greek chaos.

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The gas which Van Helmont discovered was, as we now know, carbonic acid.

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At all times the air had received attention, especially since van Helmont made his far-reaching investigations on gases.

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Van Helmont, however, seems to have been a genuine man, and to suffer from an undeserved contempt.

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