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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 1871. He was the father of the British chemist Sir Frederick Abel. "Obituary - Sir Frederick Abel". The Times. No. 36867. London. 8 September 1902. p...
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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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  • Sedgwick (1907) John Stanley Gardiner (1909) James Gray (1937) Carl Frederick Abel Pantin (1959) Torkel Weis-Fogh (1966-1975) Gabriel Horn (1978) Malcolm...
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    Noble and Frederick Abel, worked to improve the properties of gunpowder during the late 19th century. This formed the basis for the Noble-Abel gas equation...
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    part of the preparations for the Crimean War (1854–1856), Frederick Abel (later Sir Frederick Abel) had been appointed the first War Department Chemist with...
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    government committee, known as the "Explosives Committee", chaired by Sir Frederick Abel, monitored foreign developments in explosives and obtained samples of...
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  • historian Sigurd Abel (1837–1873), German historian Félix-Marie Abel (1878–1953), French archaeologist, geographer and professor Frederick Abel (1827–1902)...
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  • chemist and explosives expert, Sir Frederick Abel, Chairman and Albert Medallist of the Society of Arts. In 1856 Abel entered into partnership with Mr....
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  • areas See also References Richard Abegg (1869–1910), German chemist Frederick Abel (1827–1902), English chemist Friedrich Accum (1769–1838), German chemist...
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  • Intracellular Pangenesis, a book which postulates the existence of genes. Frederick Abel and James Dewar patent cordite. Svante Arrhenius provides a physical...
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    teachers at Woolwich include (in alphabetical order by surname): Sir Frederick Abel, appointed lecturer in chemistry in 1852 Peter Barlow, appointed assistant...
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    engine: Robert Francis Fairlie (1831–1885) Cordite - Sir James Dewar, Sir Frederick Abel (1889) Threshing machine improvements: James Meikle (c.1690-c.1780)...
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  • Letter Test Name Description A Abel Frederick Abel Used to determine the flash point of a given sample of petroleum in order to ascertain the temperature...
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    restored along with the Anglican Chapel. Sir Frederick Abel, 1827–1902, co-inventor of Cordite Robert Abel, 1857–1936, England test cricketer George John...
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    to assess the performance of different powders. He worked with Sir Frederick Abel on improving the properties of black powder, making it burn more slowly...
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    reliant propellant explosives, and guncotton was developed here by Frederick Abel, starting in 1863. Cordite production began in 1891 and the site was...
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  • 1891 – Charles Jamrach, German-English businessman (b. 1815) 1902 – Frederick Abel, English chemist and engineer (b. 1827) 1907 – Sully Prudhomme, French...
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    Elijah Abel was born in Frederick-Town, Maryland, on July 25, 1808, to Delilah Williams and Andrew Abel. There is some confusion surrounding Abel's birth...
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    Smokeless propellant to replace gunpowder with the use of Cordite – Frederick Abel The world's first practical underwater active sound detection apparatus...
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    Georg Philipp Telemann, Marin Marais, Antoine Forqueray, and Carl Frederick Abel. From largest to smallest, the viol family consists of: violone (two...
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  • utilisation of large quantities of a previously worthless material' 1891: Sir Frederick Abel Kt KCB DCL DSc FRS 'in recognition of the manner in which he has promoted...
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