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Smalley

noun

American chemist who with Robert Curl and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1943). Synonyms: Richard E. Smalley, Richard Errett Smalley, Richard Smalley.

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... by, and watched and smelled. She was in no hurry; two senses at a time were enough to have filled. She had finished the paper,—it was getting to be an old and much rehashed story, now,—and had sent it down to Miss Smalley. It would be hers first, now, for a week. Very well, the excitement was over. That was all she knew ...

— The Other Girls • Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney

... you," said Mrs. Trapes, pushing cup and saucer out of harm's way, "though, mind you, he's a mystery I ain't found out—yet. D' ye s'pose he made any money out o' them blessed peanuts—not him! Mrs. Smalley, as lives down along 'Leventh, she told me as she's seen him givin' 'em away by the bagful t' all the children down ...

— The Definite Object - A Romance of New York • Jeffery Farnol

... a formal written request with your office," Smalley said stiffly. "You are relieved of further charge. Dr. Kennon is urgently needed. It ...

— The Lani People • J. F. Bone

Words linked to "Smalley" : Richard E. Smalley, chemist, Richard Errett Smalley, Richard Smalley