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Born August 19, 1745 • Sweden
Died December 8, 1818 (aged 73) • Stockholm • Sweden
Subjects Of Study bone • chemical analysis • copper • manganese • phosphoric acid • phosphorus • smelting
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Georgius Agricola.
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