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Karl Wilhelm Scheele isolates molybdenum (see 1776; Hjelm, 1782).

Botanist Carolus Linnaeus dies at Uppsala January 10 at age 70. The Linnaean Society will be founded at London in 1788 to honor his achievements and safeguard his manuscripts and collections.

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