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René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur

Header: René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur
Also known as: René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur; primary name: Réaumur, René Antoine Ferchault de; other name: Ferchault de Réaumur, René Antoine
Details: individual; scientist/engineer; French; Male
Life dates: 1683-1757
Biography: Scientist; born in La Rochelle, and educated at the Jesuit colleges of Poitiers and Bourges; an authority on the natural history of insects and the manufacture of tin ware and interested in porcelain clays and in glazes; best known for his thermometer, he proposed his temperature scale, in 1731; he divided the fundamental interval between the ice and steam points of water into 80 degrees, fixing the ice point at 0 Degrees and the steam point at 80 degrees; an elaborate temperature measuring device graduated in Reaumur can be seen at Speke Hall, Liverpool; he also made important discoveries in the fabrication of steel and carried out experiments on the artificial incubation of eggs.

Title: René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur commandeur et intendant de l'Ordre Royal et militaire de St Louis |
Museum number: Bb,15.110 |
Producer name: BIOG19386 Print made by:Johann Martin Bernigeroth |
Production date: 1730-1767