Franz Karl Achard (April 28, 1753, Berlin – April 20, 1821, Kunern, Wohlau-Cunern, Silesia) was a German (Prussian) chemist, physicist and biologist. His principal discovery was the production of sugar from sugar beets.
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“a big picture of K. Marx with an axe,
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