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The Two Men

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Carl Wilhelm Scheele and Torbern Bergman

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This chapter attempts to paint the picture of the two main characters of the book—Carl Wilhelm Scheele and Torbern Bergman. From the scattered information available via letters and early biographies, we can get at least some idea on their personal characters.

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    For an explanation of the Swedish currency, see Appendix C.

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    For the single exception, see Sect. 9.6.

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Lennartson, A. (2020). The Two Men. In: Carl Wilhelm Scheele and Torbern Bergman. Perspectives on the History of Chemistry. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49194-9_3

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