Bengt Andersson Qvist
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Bengt Andersson Qvist
Bengt Andersson Qvist (sometimes Benct Qvist or Bengt Quist (21 October 1729 – 14 October 1799) was a Swedish chemist and mineralogist. He was assistant of Sven Rinman
and after a visit to steel plants in Britain he built a demonstration plant in Sweden.
In 1769, he was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
.
Bengt Andersson Qvist (sometimes Benct Qvist or Bengt Quist (21 October 1729 – 14 October 1799) was a Swedish chemist and mineralogist. He was assistant of Sven Rinman
Sven Rinman
Sven Rinman was a Swedish chemist and mineralogist who discovered the pigment cobalt green, sometimes also called Rinman's green. He had a great influence on mining and the steel production in Sweden.-Life and work:...
and after a visit to steel plants in Britain he built a demonstration plant in Sweden.
In 1769, he was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences or Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien is one of the Royal Academies of Sweden. The Academy is an independent, non-governmental scientific organization which acts to promote the sciences, primarily the natural sciences and mathematics.The Academy was founded on 2...
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