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Topical Budget 259-1: Famous French Scientist (1916)
 

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"FAMOUS FRENCH SCIENTIST M. Turpin, the inventor of turpenite and melite, two high explosives that have helped to make French '75' world famous". Turpin feeding chickens in a garden. At work mixing chemicals at a table in the open air.