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Torbern Olof Bergman Bio

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Torbern Olof Bergman (1735 - 1784)

Torbern Olof Bergman (1735 - 1784)

Torbern Olof Bergman:

Torbern Olof Bergman was a Swedish chemist.

Birth:

March 20, 1735 in Katrineberg, Sweden

Death:

July 8, 1784 in Medevi, Sweden

Claim to Fame:

Bergman was a Swedish chemist who invented a process create carbonated water by the action of sulfuric acid on chalk. He also published a list of elements ordered by chemical affinity that was a standard for text well into the Nineteenth century.

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