Helmont

[ hel-mont; Flemish hel-mawnt ]

noun
  1. Jan Bap·tis·ta van [yahn bahp tis-tah-vahn], /yɑn bɑp ˈtɪs tɑ vɑn/, 1579–1644, Flemish chemist and physician.

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British Dictionary definitions for Helmont

Helmont

/ (Flemish ˈhɛlmɔnt) /


noun
  1. 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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