Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,711 pages of information and 247,105 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

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Henri Victor Regnault

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Henri Victor Regnault (1810-1878)


1878 Obituary [1]

Henri Victor Regnault was born at Aix-la-Chapelle, July 21, 1810.....

In 1840 he returned to Paris, and succeeded to the chair of his illustrious master, Gay Lussac. Shortly afterwards he saw the acme of his ambition realised in his admission to the Academy of Sciences.

In the following year (1841) he entered the College de France as professor of physics, and in 1847 was appointed chief engineer in the Department of Mines.

In 1854 he was made director of the world-famed manufactory at Sevres,.....[more]


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