Achard, FRANZ KARL, born in 1754 at Berlin, distinguished himself by his improvements in the manufacture of beetroot sugar; the king of Prussia having given him a farm whereon to found a model factory. Achard was called to Berlin as director of the physical class in the Academy of Sciences, and died in 1821.
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