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3 unusual facts about Nicolas Sarrabat


Nicolas Sarrabat

His most famous experiments involved immersing the roots of living plants in the red juice of Phytolacca berries in order to observe circulation.

The plant genus Baissea is named after him - or rather after his pseudonym - in honour of this work.

In 1735-36 Sarrabat travelled with the Chevalier de Caylus - a ship's captain and the brother of the Comte de Caylus - through the Mediterranean on an archeological excursion to the island of Milos and to Malta, describing his experiences in a series of excited and spirited letters to the Marquis de Caumont.



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