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If scientific reasoning were limited to the logical processes of arithmetic, we should not get very far in our understanding of the physical world. One might as well attempt to grasp the game of poker entirely by the use of the mathematics of probability.

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Lammot du Pont

Lammot du Pont

Lammot du Pont (1831-1884) was a key member of the du Pont in the mid-nineteenth century. His father was Alfred V. du Pont, the eldest son and successor of Eleuthère Irénée du Pont, the founder of the Dupont.

He obtained a chemistry degree from the University of Pennsylvania and entered into the family business.

Lammot patented B blasting powder, also known as soda powder in 1857. His invention used as an inexpensive Peruvian and Chilean sodium nitrate and made DuPont a major force in the blasting powder industry. Lammot founded the Repauno Chemical Company and helped du Pont into the entry of DuPont into high explosives.

He died in an explosion in 1884.

Lammot du Pont married Mary Belin and had the following children:

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