Étienne Francois Dutour letters, 1744-1756

Mss.B.D935

Date: 1744-1756 | Size: 0.25 Linear feet, 26 items

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Abstract

This is a collection of drafts of letters written by Dutour to Abbé Jean Antoine Nollet. Dutour describes his various experiments on the influence of flame on electricity, as well as with luminous barometers. There is information relative to eighteenth-century scientific apparatus, as well as to contemporary scientists, such as Giambatista Beccaria, Francois de Cisternay Du fay, Dortous de Mairan, Petrus von Musschenbroek, and René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur.

Background note

Etienne Francois Dutour was a French physicist and theologian.

Collection Information

Provenance

Noffenbacher

Early American History Note

This manuscript collection falls outside the geographic scope of the Early American guide (British North America and the United States before 1840). It may be of interest to scholars interested in global history, international relations, imperialism, or the U.S. in the world.

Indexing Terms

Family Name(s)

Du fay, Charles-Francois de Cistern
Nollet, -- abbé -- (Jean Antoine),
Réaumur, René-Antoine Ferchault de,

Personal Name(s)

Beccaria, Giambatista, 1716-1781
Dutour, Étienne Francois,1711-
Mairan, Dortous de, 1678-1771
Musschenbroek, Petrus von, 1692-1761

Subject(s)

Barometers.
Beyond Early America
Electricity -- Early works to 1850.
Scientific apparatus and instruments -- 18th century.
Scientists -- 18th century.

Detailed Inventory

Dutour, Étienne Francois to Abbé Jean Antoine Nollet	1744 July 24	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Dutour, Étienne Francois to Abbé Jean Antoine Nollet	1744 August 21	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Dutour, Étienne Francois to Abbé Jean Antoine Nollet	1744 August 18	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Dutour, Étienne Francois to Abbé Jean Antoine Nollet	1745 December 21	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Dutour, Étienne Francois to Abbé Jean Antoine Nollet	1747 March 21	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Dutour, Étienne Francois to Abbé Jean Antoine Nollet	1747 August 10	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Dutour, Étienne Francois to Abbé Jean Antoine Nollet	1747 August 22	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Dutour, Étienne Francois to Abbé Jean Antoine Nollet	1747 December 8	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Dutour, Étienne Francois to Abbé Jean Antoine Nollet	1747 circa March/August	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Dutour, Étienne Francois to Abbé Jean Antoine Nollet	1748 January 17	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Dutour, Étienne Francois to Abbé Jean Antoine Nollet	1748 July 29	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Dutour, Étienne Francois to Abbé Jean Antoine Nollet	circa 1748-1750	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Dutour, Étienne Francois to Abbé Jean Antoine Nollet	1750 May 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Dutour, Étienne Francois to Abbé Jean Antoine Nollet	1751 December 11	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Dutour, Étienne Francois to Abbé Jean Antoine Nollet	1752 August 26	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Dutour, Étienne Francois to Abbé Jean Antoine Nollet	1753 July 22	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Dutour, Étienne Francois to Abbé Jean Antoine Nollet	1754 July 3	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Dutour, Étienne Francois to Abbé Jean Antoine Nollet	1754 July 10	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Dutour, Étienne Francois to Abbé Jean Antoine Nollet	1754 August 22	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Dutour, Étienne Francois to Abbé Jean Antoine Nollet	1754	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Dutour, Étienne Francois to Abbé Jean Antoine Nollet	1755 January 2	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Dutour, Étienne Francois to Abbé Jean Antoine Nollet	1755 July 2	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Dutour, Étienne Francois to Abbé Jean Antoine Nollet	1755 July 13	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Extracts from Philosophical Transactions, vol. 48, 1753-1754	1754	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Note		Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item