Word: essai
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...confused with Claude Louis Berthollet (1748-1822), who made the first systematic attempt to deal with the physics of chemistry. His great book was his Essai de statique chimique...
...would be unacceptable to the French and Belgians, and the Germans know this, the larger amount, representing the maximum sum Germany will be able to pay, is sure to be brought forward sooner or later. The Germans would simply use the small offer, not as a ballon d'essai, but as a means of inaugurating direct negotiations...