Jean Jacques Dortous de Mairan
1678–1771
French physicist. Studied wide variety of topics, including heat, light, sound, motion, the shape of the earth, and the aurora. Made pensionnaire géomètre, Academy of Sciences, Paris, in 1746. Foreign member, Royal Society.
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DBF
DSB.
Bibliography
DBF: Dictionnaire de biographie Française. Under the direction of J. Balteau et al. 21 vols. and 4 fascicules of vol. 22 (A–Leyris d’Esponchès) to date. Paris: Librairie Letouzey & Ané. 1933–.
DSB: Dictionary of scientific biography. Edited by Charles Coulston Gillispie and Frederic L. Holmes. 18 vols. including index and supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1970–90.
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