Hendrik Zwaardemaker
Scientist, Deceased Person
1857 – 1930
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Who was Hendrik Zwaardemaker?
Hendrik Zwaardemaker was a Dutch scientist who invented the olfactometer in 1888.
From 1897 to 1927 he was professor of Experimental Physiology at the University of Utrecht. In addition to his work on the sense of smell, he also conducted research on the human heart. He found that salts of potassium and other radioactive elements stimulated the heart. His major work was "Die Physiologie des Geruchs", it appeared in 1895.
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