back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried

English scientist and Franciscan monk who stressed the importance of experimentation; first showed that air is required for combustion and first used lenses to correct vision (1220-1292)

[ Syn: bacon , roger bacon ]

English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626)

[ Syn: bacon , francis bacon , sir francis bacon , baron verulam , 1st baron verulam , viscount st. albans ]