Title

Rene-Antoine Ferchault de Reamur, 18th century French physicist, 1874. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Rene-Antoine Ferchault de Reamur, 18th century French physicist, 1874. Ferchault de Reamur (1683-1757) is shown constructing a thermometer using spirit instead of mercury. His thermometer had 80 degrees from freezing to boiling point. From Vies des Savants Illustres du XVIIIe Siecle by Louis Figuier. (Paris, 1874).
Oxford Science Archive

Date

1874

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B66_132

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

49,9Mb (4,2Mb) / 11,3in x 17,2in / 3387 x 5151 (300dpi)

Keywords

people male interior indoors job man men country French France science guy occupation table scientist location century profession inside temperature measurement furniture assistant physics B&W MONOCHROME inventor physicist 19th century black & white black and white B W 18th century Eighteenth Century nineteenth century Oxford Science Archive Rene-Antoine Ferchault de Reamur wood engraving Unknown Louis Figuier Figuier Louis Ferchault de Reamur Rene-Antoine Reamur Ferchault de Louis Figuier wood engraving