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Word: klaproth (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Named by the discoverer of uranous oxide, Marin Heinrich Klaproth, after the planet Uranus. Not until 60 years later was ''uranium" broken down into the true metal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Chemists in Atlanta | 4/21/1930 | See Source »

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