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AMONG the many men of science whose centenaries occur this year are representatives of England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Belgium, Sweden, Italy, Austria and America. Four hundred years ago, according to Silvanus Thompson, Gilbert was born; three hundred years ago, Castelli, Gascoygne and van Helmont died and Römer was born; two hundred years ago Celsius and Desaguliers died and Lamarck and Mechain were born, while among those who died a century ago were Dalton, Baily, Hope, Henderson and Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire.
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SMITH, E. Scientific Centenaries in 1944. Nature 153, 14–15 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/153014a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/153014a0