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  1. Berzelius, Jons Jakob 1779-1848. Swedish
  2. chemist, whose accurate determination of
  3. atomic and molecular weights helped to
  4. establish the laws of combination and the
  5. atomic theory. He invented (1813-14) the
  6. system of chemical symbols now in use and did
  7. valuable work on catalysts.
  8.