Scheele, Carl Wilhelm, Swedish chemist, born in Pomerania, was an apothecary at Upsala and Köping; during his residence at the latter made numerous important discoveries, and published many chemical papers, his chief work “Experiments on Air and Fire” (1742‒1786).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Scharnhorst, Gerhard von * Scheffel, Joseph Victor von