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    Sir Frederick Augustus Abel, 1st Baronet GCVO KCB FRS (17 July 1827 – 6 September 1902) was an English chemist who was recognised as the leading British...
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    Carl Friedrich Abel (22 December 1723: 3  – 20 June 1787) was a German composer of the pre-Classical era. He was a renowned player of the viola da gamba...
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    guncotton in Stowmarket in 1863; and British War Office chemist Sir Frederick Abel began thorough research at Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mills leading...
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    Abel with a scholarship to remain at the school and raised money from his friends to enable him to study at the Royal Frederick University. When Abel...
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  • The Abel test is a method developed by the British chemist Frederick Abel (1827–1902) to determine the flash point of a given sample of petroleum in order...
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    existing types. In 1889, Sir Frederick Abel, James Dewar and W. Kellner patented (No. 5614 and No. 11,664 in the names of Abel and Dewar) a new formulation...
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  • "Explosives Committee" and chaired by Sir Frederick Abel, monitored foreign developments in explosives. Abel and Sir James Dewar, who was also on the committee...
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    Carl Frederick Abel Pantin FRS (30 March 1899 – 14 January 1967) was a British zoologist. He was educated at Tonbridge School and Christ's College, Cambridge...
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    governments adopted cordite instead, which had been developed by Sir Frederick Abel and Sir James Dewar of the United Kingdom in 1889. The original Cordite...
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    Abel Janszoon Tasman (Dutch: [ˈaːbəl ˈjɑnsoːn ˈtɑsmɑn]; 1603 – 10 October 1659) was a Dutch seafarer and explorer, best known for his voyages of 1642 and...
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