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Hahn   /hɑn/   Listen
Hahn

noun
1.
German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).  Synonym: Otto Hahn.






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"Hahn" Quotes from Famous Books



... Tourne was sent to Washington to see President Lincoln. He had already suggested the ratification of the Emancipation Proclamation and the education of the colored youth.[104] In a letter congratulating the recently elected Governor Hahn on his election as the "first free-state governor of Louisiana" in 1864, Lincoln suggested suffrage for the more intelligent Negroes, and those who had served the country in the capacity of soldiers. ...
— The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 • Various

... Kirchengeschichte (1768-1812). The first distinct examination however of the peculiar character of the movement which ensued, called Rationalism, occurred in the discussion as to its meaning and province; in which Tittmann, Roehr, Stauedlin, Bretschneider, Hahn, &c., were engaged; an account of which, with a list of their works,(43) is given under the explanation of the word "Rationalism" in Note 21, p. 416. The chief value of these works at present is, partly to ...
— History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion • Adam Storey Farrar



Words linked to "Hahn" :   chemist, Otto Hahn



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