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Johann Heinrich Pott, Prussian physician and chemist (born 1692)

Johann Heinrich Pott

Prussian physician and chemist

Johann Heinrich Pott was a Prussian physician, chemist, and a glass and porcelain technologist. He is considered a pioneer of pyrochemistry. He examined the elements bismuth and manganese apart from attempting improvements to glass and porcelain production.
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March 29

Day of the year

March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 277 days remain until the end of the year.
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