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We believe in atoms, because Nature seems to use them, and we break them up continuously because we do not know where to stop. There are various methods of spanning the distance from nothing to something.

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Robert Angus Smith

Robert Angus Smith

Born: February 15, 1817
Died: May 12, 1884 (aged 67)
Bio: Angus Smith FRS was a Scottish chemist, who investigated numerous environmental issues. He is known for his research on air pollution in 1852, in the course of which he discovered what came to be known as acid rain. He is sometimes referred to as the 'Father of Acid Rain'.
Known for:
  1. Disinfectants and Disinfection (1869)
  2. Loch Etive and the Sons of Uisnach (1879)

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