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Kuhn   /kun/   Listen
Kuhn

noun
1.
Austrian chemist who did research on carotenoids and vitamins (1900-1967).  Synonym: Richard Kuhn.






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"Kuhn" Quotes from Famous Books



... that we are at liberty to discover by the ordinary means its original intention. I shall only mention from among much that has been written on the etymology of khandas, a most happy remark of Professor Kuhn, who traces the Northern skald, poet, back to the same root as the Sanskrit khandas, metre. (Kuhn's 'Zeitschrift,' ...
— Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I - Essays on the Science of Religion • Friedrich Max Mueller

... fine iron wire attach one end to the bottom of post A and run through first hole and over in first notch to back of board and then through second hole and over second notch and so on until E is reached, where the other end of wire is fastened. Connect switch to post B. —Contributed by Edmund Kuhn, Jr., ...
— The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 - 700 Things For Boys To Do • Popular Mechanics

... man for us to get next to. He is a Harriman, a Morgan, a Huntington, a Hill, a Bismarck, a Kuhn Loeb, and a damn Yankee all rolled into one! Can you beat it? His daughter also looks like a peach. I do not know the purpose of this financial congress in which these geniuses from the hot belt are to gather; but unless I am mistaken you are looking around for ...
— The Letters of Franklin K. Lane • Franklin K. Lane

... grins, and takes off the hat. "I beck your bardon, ma'am," says he. "Have you fife bet-rooms?" etc. The doctor has cured the German of an illness, as well as his employers, and especially recommended Miss Honeyman to Mr. Kuhn. ...
— The Newcomes • William Makepeace Thackeray



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