See also:

• JEAN

JEAN See also:

• ANTOINE, ANDRE (1858- )

ANTOINE See also:

• JEAN ANTOINE NOLLET (1700-1770)

NOLLET (1700-1770)  , See also:

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

French physicist, of See also:

• PEASANT (O. Fr. paysant, Mod. paysan; Lat. pagensis, belonging to the pagus or country; cf. " pagan ")

peasant origin, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born near See also:

• NOYON

Noyon (See also:

• OISE

Oise) on the 19th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1700 . He entered See also:

• HOLY

holy orders and ultimately attained the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of See also:

• ABBE (Serbo-Croatian Rai))

abbe; but his tastes all See also:

• LAY

lay in the direction of experimental See also:

• RESEARCH (O. Fr. recerche, from recercher, re- and cercer, mod. chercher, to search; Late Lat. circare, to go round in a circle, to explore)

research, especially on the subject of See also:

• ELECTRICITY

electricity . In 1 734 he was admitted a member of the See also:

• LONDON

London Royal Society, four years later he entered the See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy of Sciences at 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, and in 1753 he was appointed to the newly-instituted See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair of experimental physics in the See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College de See also:

• NAVARRE (Span. Navarra)

Navarre . In addition to many See also:

• MEMOIRS

memoirs he wrote Lecons de physique experimentale (1743), Essai sur l'electricite See also:

• DES

des See also:

• CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

corps (1747), Recherches sur See also:

• LES

les causes partiallib-es des phenomenes electriques (1749 and 1754), Recueil de lettres sur l'electricite (1753), L' See also:

• ART

Art de faire les chapeaux (1764) and L'Art des experiences (1770) . He died at Paris on. the 24th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1770 .