1494 |
Georgius Agricola, "Father of Minerology"; described mining and mellurgical processes, was born. |
1711 |
William Brownrigg, first to describe platinum and use of pneumatic trough for collection of gases, was born. |
1884 |
Peter Joseph William Debye, researcher in dipole moments and powder method of x-ray diffraction, was born. He won the Nobel
Prize (1936) for his contributions to our knowledge of molecular structure through his investigations on dipole moments and
on the diffraction of X-rays and electrons in gases.
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