| 1 | Creator: | Académie des sciences (France). | Requires cookie* | | | | Grandjean de Fouchy, Jean Paul, 1707-1788 | | | | | Mairan, Dortous de, 1678-1771 | | | | Title: | Selections from the Procès-verbaux, 1758-1789
| | | | Dates: | 1758-1789 | | | | Abstract: | Minutes of meetings, mainly dealing with astronomy; added papers by Jean Paul Grandjean de Fochy and Jean-Jacques Dortous de Mairan. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.1367 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Astronomy -- 18th century | Grandjean de Fouchy, Jean Paul, 1707-1788 | Learned institutions and societies. | Mairan, Dortous de, 1678-1771 | McClellan, James E., (James Edward), 1946- | Microfilm Collection | Minutes. | Science -- Societies, etc. | |
| 2 | Creator: | Dutour, Étienne Francois,1711-1784. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Étienne Francois Dutour letters, 1744-1756
| | | | Dates: | 1744-1756 | | | | Abstract: | This is a collection of drafts of letters written by Dutour to Abbé Jean Antoine Nollet. Dutour describes his various experiments on the influence of flame on electricity, as well as with luminous barometers. There is information relative to eighteenth-century scientific apparatus, as well as to contemporary scientists, such as Giambatista Beccaria, Francois de Cisternay Du fay, Dortous de Mairan, Petrus von Musschenbroek, and René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.D935 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Barometers. | Beccaria, Giambatista, 1716-1781 | Beyond Early America | Du fay, Charles-Francois de Cisternay, -- 1698-1739. | Dutour, Étienne Francois,1711-1784. | Electricity -- Early works to 1850. | Mairan, Dortous de, 1678-1771 | Musschenbroek, Petrus von, 1692-1761 | Nollet, -- abbé -- (Jean Antoine), -- 1700-1770. | Réaumur, René-Antoine Ferchault de, -- 1683-1757. | Scientific apparatus and instruments -- 18th century. | Scientists -- 18th century. | |
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