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Word: dunikowski (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Usage:

Alchemist. Medieval in their great black robes and ermine tippets, a solemn bevy of French judges in Paris last week gave Monsieur Jean de Habdank Dunikowski a chance to prove in their presence that he can transmute other metals into gold by bombarding them with what he calls "Z-rays...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Gold's Week | 3/7/1932 | See Source »

Switching on his Z-tube, Alchemist Dunikowski began to repeat the experiment which led several rich Frenchmen to lend him money, next led him to the Sante Prison. With a loud bang the Z-tube blew up. The French judges promised Alchemist Dunikowski (severely burned under his right eye) another chance, as soon as he can make a new Z-tube...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Gold's Week | 3/7/1932 | See Source »

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