Nicolas-Jacques Conté
Nicolas-Jacques Conté (born August 4, 1755 in Saint-Céneri-près-Sées , today Aunou-sur-Orne ( Normandy ), † December 6, 1805 in Paris ) was a French chemist, painter and inventor.
Conté is considered a co-inventor of the modern pencil , which he patented in 1795. This type of pencil is named after him Conté . Furthermore, in 1792 he made the proposal to use the captive balloon to observe the enemy , which also happened during the war against the Austrians and against the Prince of Coburg .
Thereafter Conté received the directorate of the aerostatic institute and the rank of brigade chief of the aeronauts in the army. He is also the inventor of a hydraulic press and rendered essential services to Napoléon on the Egyptian expedition by setting up workshops for army needs in Cairo .
An experiment with paint and gases resulted in an explosion that resulted in the loss of his left eye. When his wife died at the height of his fame in 1804, the loss ended his ingenuity. "Now I'm no longer filled with the desire to please her."
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- Louis-Gabriel Michaud: Biography universelle ancienne et modern , t. 9, Paris, Michaud frères, 1813, pp. 506-510.
- Le Magasin pittoresque : Paris, Aux Bureaux d'Abonnement et de Vente, 1855, pp. 230-232.
- Alain Queruel, Nicolas-Jacques Conté, 1755–1805: un inventeur de génie: des crayons à l'expédition d'Égypte en passant par l'aérostation militaire , Paris, L'Harmattan, 2004. ISBN 978-2-7475-6089 -4
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| SURNAME | Conté, Nicolas-Jacques |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French chemist, painter and inventor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th August 1755 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint-Céneri-près-Sées , today Aunou-sur-Orne , Normandy |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 6, 1805 |
| Place of death | Paris |