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Michel Eugène Chevreul, (1786-1889). A French chemist. "He was the first to demonstrate that the various fats are mixtures of glycerides, or compounds of glycerin with oleic stearic, and palmitic acids." (The New International Encyclopaedia, Vol. V, (New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1920, 160.
A. Rebière, La vie et les travaux des savants modern (Paris: Vuibert et Nony, 1904) 261.
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