Rene Reaumur (1683-1757),French naturalist and technologist. Reaumur began his scientific career in mathematics,particularly geometry. In 1710 he was asked to produce a compilation of France's natural and industrial resources,which lead to him reviving 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 also demonstrated that animal digestion was a chemical not mechanical process,designed an egg incubator,proved that corals are animals,and invented a temperature scale,which is named after him. Engraving from Les Savants Moderenes (1899) | |
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