Reaumur, Rene Antoine Ferchault

Reaumur, Rene-Antoine Ferchault de. De la nature de la terre en generale, et du caractere des difFerentes especes de terres. Mem. Acad. Sci. Paris, 1730 243-283. [Pg.268]

Reaumur, Rene-Antoine Ferchault de (1683-1757) French Philosopher, naturalist Rene-Antoine Reaumur was born in La Rochelle, France, in 1683. After studying mathematics in Bourges, he moved to Paris in 1703 at age 20 under the care of a relative. Like most scientists of the time, he made contributions in a number of areas, including meteorology. His work in mathematics allowed him entrance to the Academy of Sciences in 1708. Two years later, he was put in charge of compiling a description of the industrial and natural resources in France, and as a result developed a broad-based view of the sciences. It also inspired him into the annals of weather and climate with the invention of a thermometer and temperature scale. [Pg.234]

French physicist Rene Antoine Ferchault Reaumur (1683-1757) believed carbon might be an element. He studied the differences between wrought iron, cast iron, and steel. The main difference among these materials, he said, was the presence of a black combustible material that he knew was present in charcoal. [Pg.103]

French physicist Rene-Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur... [Pg.189]

Rene-Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur (France) develops the alcohol thermometer. [1730]... [Pg.228]

Fulton JF. Rene Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur. In Selected readings in the history of physiology. Springfield, IL Charles C. Thomas, 1966 68-170. [Pg.38]

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