j. baptista van helmont
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| Jean Baptiste van (ʒɑ̃ batist vɑn). 1577--1644, Flemish chemist and physician. He was the first to distinguish gases and claimed to have coined the word gas | |
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J. baptista van helmont
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| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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