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Ingenhousz

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/ ˈɪnɡənˌhaʊs /

noun

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

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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

"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 Bruce, Wiliam Cabell

Georges Ville was the first to reassert the older theory, put forward by Priestley and Ingenhousz.

From Manures and the principles of manuring by Aikman, Charles Morton

In 1779, Ingenhousz published a work in London entitled 'Experiments on Vegetables.'

From Manures and the principles of manuring by Aikman, Charles Morton

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 Garnett, William

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