Heinrich Wilhelm Blasius (1818–1899), later known as William Blasius was a German-born American

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. He was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1875.

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1818 births 1899 deaths German meteorologists German emigrants to the United States {{Germany-scientist-stub