Rene Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur (1683-1757),French naturalist. Reaumur initially studied mathematics,particularly geometry. In 1710 he was asked to produce a compilation of France's natural and industrial resources,which led to the revival of the iron and steel industries. Reaumur authored the first comprehensive scientific work on insects 'Memoires pour servir a l'histoire des insects' (1734-42). He demonstrated that animal digestion was a chemical not mechanical process,designed an egg incubator,showed that corals are animals,and invented a temperature scale named after him. This wood engraving dates from circa 1888 | |
Lizenzart: | Lizenzpflichtig |
Credit: | Science Photo Library / Bildagentur-online / TH Foto |
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