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Wilhelm Hisinger

Wilhelm Hisinger
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Wilhelm Hisinger was a Swedish physicist and chemist who in 1807, working in coordination with Jöns Jakob Berzelius, noted that in electrolysis any given substance always went to the same pole, and that substances attracted to the same pole had other properties in common.

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  1. Claude ChappeDecember 25, 1763 – January 23, 1805
  2. Charles HatchettJanuary 2, 1765 – February 10, 1847
  3. Eli WhitneyDecember 8, 1765 – January 8, 1825
  4. Nicéphore NiépceMarch 7, 1765 – July 5, 1833
  5. Charles MacintoshDecember 29, 1766 – July 25, 1843
  6. Wilhelm Hisinger (this page)December 23, 1766 – June 28, 1852

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