Jean-Baptiste Guimet
Jean-Baptiste Guimet (born July 20, 1795 in Voiron , † April 8, 1871 in Lyon ) was a French chemist , known for the production of ultramarine .
Guimet studied at the École polytechnique and was employed from 1818 in the state powder and saltpeter administration. Around 1826 he discovered a process for the production of ultramarine paint in Toulouse, gave up his civil service and in 1834 founded a factory in Lyon (which was in Fleurieu-sur-Saône near Lyon). Its color, with the color properties of the expensive lapis lazuli, was a mixture of silicon dioxide, clay, sulfur and sodium carbonate. Guimet won a prize held in 1824 by the Société d'encouragement pour l'industrie nationale.
He is the father of Émile Guimet .
literature
- Winfried Pötsch u. a. Lexicon of important chemists , Harri Deutsch 1989
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Guimet, Jean-Baptiste |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 20, 1795 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Voiron |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 8, 1871 |
| Place of death | Lyon |