Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau

1700-1782

 

	He was the French chemist and agriculturalist who helped distinguish between mineral alkali (sodium) and vegetable alkali (potassium) by showing the former is found in salt, Glauber’s salt, and borax, and the latter is concentrated in plants.

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