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Axel Fredrik Cronstedt

(1722–1765) Fortifications Officer

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Axel Fredrik Cronstedt was a fortifications officer.

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Born
December 23, 1722
Died
August 19, 1765
Profession
Fortifications Officer

About Axel Fredrik Cronstedt

[Wikidata] Swedish mineralogist and chemist (1722-1765)... | [Wikipedia] Baron Axel Fredrik Cronstedt was a Swedish mineralogist and chemist who discovered the element nickel in 1751 as a mining expert with the Bureau of Mines. Cronstedt is considered a founder of modern mineralogy, for introducing the blowpipe as a tool for mineralogists, and for proposing that the mine

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