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CALVERT, FREDERICK CRACE (1819–1873)

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FREDERICK
FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)
FREDERICK CRACE (1819–1873) , See also:

ENGLISH

English chemist, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

LONDON

London on the 14th of See also:

NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1819. From about 1836 till 1846 he lived in See also:

France, where, after a course of study at See also:

Paris, he became manager of some chemical See also:

WORKS

works, later acting as assistant to M. E. See also:

CHEVREUL, MICHEL EUGENE (1786-1889)

Chevreul. On his return to See also:

England he settled in See also:

Manchester as a consulting chemist, and was appointed See also:

PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of See also:

chemistry at the Royal Institution in that See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city. Devoting himself almost entirely to See also:

INDUSTRIAL

industrial chemistry, he gave much See also:

ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention to the manufacture of See also:

COAL

coal-See also:

tar products, and particularly carbolic See also:

ACID (from the Lat. root ac-, sharp; acere, to be sour)

acid, for the See also:

PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production of which he established large works in Manchester in 1865. Besides contributing extensively to the English and See also:

French scientific See also:

JOURNALS

journals, he published a See also:

WORK

work on See also:

DYEING (0. Eng. dedgian, dealt ; Mid. Eng. deyen)

Dyeing and See also:

CALICO

Calico-See also:

PRINTING (from Lat. imprimere, O. Fr. empreindre)

Printing.

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