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(pän t´s ) (KEY) , 1797–1879, British librarian, b. Italy. A political exile, Panizzi settled in England in 1823 and was naturalized in 1832. He w...
(shärl fr d r k´ zh rär´) (KEY) , 1816–56, French chemist, b. Strasbourg. He revived the theory of acid radicals, which he called the theory of ...
1757–1834, Scottish civil engineer. He greatly improved road building in England and Scotland. He introduced the use of a base of large stones surfa...
(vlädy ´m r pr ´lôg) (KEY) , 1906–98, Swiss chemist, b. Sarejevo, Austria-Hungary (now in Bosnia and Herzegovina). Educated in Prague, he worked...
(hwän pä´bl s) (KEY) , d. 1561?, printer in Spanish America. Pablos printed in Mexico City the first book known to have been printed in the Western...
(b n´s n, Ger. r ´b rt v l´h lm b n´z n) (KEY) , 1811–99, German scientist, educated at the Univ. of Göttingen, where he received his doctorate...