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n. - German chemist who discovered ozone and developed guncotton as a propellant in firearms (1799-1868).

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  • Schonbein, professor of chemistry at Bale, proposed its employment for purposes of war.
  • He was not one of those beings who would emulate a Schonbein or Friar Bacon, or act the part of an incendiary towards the Thames, his neighbour — but a good, kind,...
  • Schonbein says he has been studying oxygen for thirty years.
  • He was not one of those beings who would emulate a Schonbein or
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