See also:

• ANTOINE, ANDRE (1858- )

ANTOINE See also:

• ANTOINE BAUME (1728-1894)

BAUME (1728-1894)  , See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French chemist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Senlis on the 26th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1728 . He was apprenticed to the chemist See also:

• CLAUDE, JEAN (1619-1687)

Claude See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph See also:

• GEOFFROY
• GEOFFROY, ETIENNE FRANCOIS (1672-1731)
• GEOFFROY, JULIEN LOUIS (1743-1814)

Geoffroy, and in 1752 was admitted a member of the Ecole de Pharmacie, where in the same See also:

• YEAR

year he was appointed See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of See also:

• CHEMISTRY
• CHEMISTRY (formerly "chymistry"; Gr. xvµela; for derivation see ALCHEMY)

chemistry . The See also:

• MONEY

money he made in a business he carried on in See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris for dealing in chemical products enabled him to retire in 178o in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to devote himself to applied chemistry, but, ruined in the Revolution, he was obliged to return to a commercial career . He devised many improvements in technical processes, e.g. for See also:

• BLEACHING

bleaching See also:

• SILK

silk, See also:

• DYEING (0. Eng. dedgian, dealt ; Mid. Eng. deyen)

dyeing, See also:

• GILDING

gilding, purifying See also:

• SALTPETRE (from the Lat. sal, salt, Petra, a rock)

saltpetre, &c., but he is best known as the inventor of the See also:

• HYDROMETER (Gr. u"Swp, water, and pErpov, a measure)

hydrometer associated with his name (often in this connexion improperly spelt Beaume) . Of the numerous books and papers he wrote the most important is his Elemens de pharmacie theorique el pratique (9 See also:

• EDITIONS

editions, 1762-1818) . He became a member of the See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy of Sciences in 1772, and an See also:

• ASSOCIATE (Lat. associates, from ad, to, and sociare to join)

associate of the See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

Institute in 1796 . He died in Paris on the 15th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1804 .