Quote of the day
In all works on Natural History, we constantly find details of the marvellous adaptation of animals to their food, their habits, and the localities in which they are found.
Johann Joachim Becher
Born: May 6, 1635
Died: 1682 (aged 46)
Bio: Johann Joachim Becher was a German physician, alchemist, precursor of chemistry, scholar and adventurer, best known for his development of the phlogiston theory of combustion, and his advancement of Austrian cameralism.