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Torbern Olof Bergman , 1735-84, Swedish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist. A professor at the Univ. of Uppsala from 1758, he developed a theory of chemical affinity, made improvements in the methods of chemical analysis and in the classification of rocks, and did important research in crystallography. He wrote A Dissertation on Elective Attractions (1775, tr. 1785). His collected works, Essays, Physical and Chemical, appeared in six volumes (1779-81, tr. 1791).

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Bergman, Torbern Olof (1735–84) Professor of chemistry at Uppsala, Sweden, Bergman made contributions to mineralogy. He was a diluvialist, believing that the Earth had an aqueous origin; some of his work on the formation of rocks was later developed and extended by Werner. See DILUVIALISM.

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