Joseph Jean Baptiste Xavier Fournet
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| Fields | geology, metallurgy |
| Institutions | University of Lyon |
Joseph Jean Baptiste Xavier Fournet (May 15, 1801 – January 8, 1869), French geologist and metallurgist, was born at Strasbourg.
He was educated at the .
He was a man of wide knowledge and extensive research, and wrote memoirs on chemical and mineralogical subjects, on eruptive rocks, on the structure of the
sulphurability
of metals (loi de Fournet).
He died in Lyon. His chief publications were: Études sur les dépôts métallifères (Paris, 1834); Histoire de la dolomie (Lyon, 1847); De l'extension des terrains houillers (1855); and Géologie lyonnaise (Lyon, 1861).
References
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Fournet, Joseph Jean Baptiste Xavier". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
External links
- IDREF.fr (bibliography of Fournet)
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