Jean-Édouard Adam
Jean-Édouard Adam (born October 11, 1768 in Rouen , † November 11, 1807 in Nice ) was a French chemist and physicist . With his improvement of the distillation method and the expansion of the rectification , he had a decisive influence on the distillation technique and the refinement of wine products.
A tall statue was erected in Montpellier in his memory . A street also got his name in his hometown.
literature
- Jean Girardin: Rouen. 1856.
- Albert Maurin: Portrait et Histoire des hommes utiles. Bureau de la Société Montyon et Franklin, Paris, 1839–40.
Individual evidence
- ^ RJ Forbes: A Short History of the Art of Distillation from the Beginnings Up to the Death of Cellier Blumenthal . Brill, 1970, ISBN 978-90-04-00617-1 , 8. New vessels for old, p. 292 ff . (English, Googlebook [accessed on May 31, 2009]).
- ↑ Jean Edouard Adam. (Powerpoint; 197 kB) Union des professeurs de physique et de chimie, February 4, 2009, p. 1 , accessed on May 31, 2009 (French).
- ^ Ernst Ludwig Schubarth: Elements of technical chemistry . Brill, 1835, Compound still, continuous distillation, p. 537 ff . ( Googlebook [accessed May 31, 2009]).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Adam, Jean-Édouard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French chemist and physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 11, 1768 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rouen |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 11, 1807 |
| Place of death | Nice |