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1314128Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 07 — Brown, John (d.1736)1886Henry Forster Morley

​BROWN, JOHN (d. 1736), chemist, was elected F.R.S. in 1722, and during 1723-1725 served on its council. He discovered the presence of magnesia in sea-water (Phil. Trans. xxxii. 348), and the nature of Prussian blue (Phil. Trans. xxxiii. 17).

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