Louis-Nicolas Vauquelin
1763-1829
French chemist who discovered the elements chromium and beryllium. Vauquelin was born in Normandy, and worked as a young boy in an apothecary, where he gained an inte...
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The son of Nicolas Vauquelin, Louis Nicolas began his life as a field laborer on the estate that his father managed. Having been reprimanded at age fourteen by the estate master for taking scientific ...
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The son of Nicolas Vauquelin, Louis Nicolas began his life as a field laborer on the estate that his father managed. Having been reprimanded at age fourteen by the estate master for taking scientific ...
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Louis-Nicolas Vauquelin
Louis Nicolas Vauquelin
Louis Nicolas Vauquelin