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    Jan Baptist van Helmont (/ˈhɛlmɒnt/; Dutch: [ˈɦɛlmɔnt]; 12 January 1580 – 30 December 1644) was a chemist, physiologist, and physician from Brussels....
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  • Jan van Helmont may refer to: Jan van Helmont (painter) (1650 – after 1714), a Flemish painter Jan Baptist van Helmont (1580 – 1644), a Flemish chemist...
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    of the alkahest as van Helmont did, but slowly built upon the ideas posed by their teacher. Flemish chemist Jan Baptist van Helmont (1580–1644) expanded...
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    Franciscus Mercurius van Helmont (baptised 20 October 1614 – December 1698) was a Flemish alchemist and writer, the son of Jan Baptist van Helmont. He is now best...
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  • Van Helmont is a Dutch and Flemish surname. It may refer to: Jan van Helmont (1650 – between 1714 and 1734), a Flemish painter Jan Baptist van Helmont...
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  • Helmont is the surname of the following people: Jan Baptist van Helmont (1580–1644) was an early modern period Flemish chemist, physiologist, and physician...
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    gas as a separate substance was only recognised around 1630 by Jan Baptist van Helmont. Carl Wilhelm Scheele wrote a description of chlorine gas in 1774...
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    were eminent in their other studies include Robert Boyle, and Jan Baptist van Helmont. Their Hermeticism complemented rather than precluded their practical...
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    concluded that soil was only needed to keep the plant upright. Jan Baptist van Helmont published what is considered the first quantitative experiment...
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    into the vocabulary of scientists, van Helmont conducted several experiments involving gases. Jan Baptist van Helmont is also remembered today largely for...
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