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{{Short description|Dutch-American biochemist (1883–1971)}} ...lyke''' (March 29, 1883 – May 4, 1971), nicknamed '''Van''', was a [[Dutch American]] [[biochemist]]. His achievements included the publication of 317 ...

...a]], one of the first known specimens of [[Homo erectus]]. Its discoverer, Dutch paleontologist [[Eugène Dubois]], gave it the scientific name '''Pithecanth ...ap of 1592. It is also shown on his smaller world map of 1594 and on early Dutch celestial globes. ...

...of matter occurs between the liquid and plasma states,<ref>This early 20th century discussion infers what is regarded as the plasma state. See page 137 of Ame The word ''gas'' was first used by the early 17th-century [[Flemish people|Flemish]] chemist [[Jan Baptist van Helmont]].<ref>{{Cite ...

...actions. The system became the standard of France and Europe within half a century. Other measures with unity ratios<ref group="Note">ratios of 1 between mag ...ts for length, mass and time. Advances in [[electromagnetism]] in the 19th century necessitated additional units to be defined, and multiple incompatible syst ...