Biography:Guillaume Mazeas
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Short description: French physicist
| Father Guillaume Mazeas | |
|---|---|
| Abbé Guillaume Mazéas | |
| Born | 2 August 1720 Vannes |
| Died | 13 September 1775 (aged 55) Vannes |
| Citizenship | France |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics, chemistry, geology |
| Patrons | Adrien Maurice de Noailles |
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Father Guillaume Mazeas (French: Abbé Guillaume Mazéas; 1720 — 1775) was a translator of English scientific works into French, a corresponding member of the French Academy of Sciences, and a fellow of the Royal Society.[1] He was canon of the cathedral of Vannes, France.[1][2] He corresponded with Stephen Hales on scientific matters, including his experiences with the lightning rod invented by Benjamin Franklin.[1][3] His investigations of red dyeing in the East Indies and their improvement in France were of significant industrial value.[2][4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Founders Online: Guillaume Mazéas to Stephen Hales, 20 May 1752". 18 January 2019. http://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-04-02-0109.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Mazeas" (in de). 15 April 2001. http://www.zeno.org/Pierer-1857/A/Mazeas.
- ↑ "XCI. Letters of the Abbé Mazeas, F.R.S. to the Rev. Stephen Hales, D.D., F.R.S. concerning the success of the late experiments in France. Translated from the French by James Parsons, M.D. F.R.S.". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London (The Royal Society) 47: 534–552. 1752. doi:10.1098/rstl.1751.0092. ISSN 0261-0523.
- ↑ Lowengard, Sarah (24 December 1999). "The Creation of Color in Eighteenth-Century Europe". http://www.gutenberg-e.org/lowengard/index.html.
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