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Zsigmondy

[ zhig-mawn-dee ]
/ ˈʒɪg mɔn di /

noun

Rich·ard [rikh-ahrt], /ˈrɪx ɑrt/, 1865–1929, German chemist, born in Austria: Nobel prize 1925.

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Zsigmondy
/ (German ˈʃɪɡmɔndi) /

noun

Richard Adolf (ˈrɪçart ˈaːdɔlf). 1865–1929, German chemist, born in Austria, noted for his work on colloidal particles and, with H. Siedentopf, his introduction (1903) of the ultramicroscope: Nobel prize for chemistry 1925
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