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Definition of Rene Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur
1. Noun. French physicist who invented the alcohol thermometer (1683-1757).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rene Antoine Ferchault De Reaumur
Literary usage of Rene Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur
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1. The Life of the Fly by Jean-Henri Fabre (1913)
"It is a spiral ribbon, a velvety scroll whose nap is a sort of fleece of maggots
set closely 'Rene Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur (1683-1757), the inventor of ..."
2. Lives of Eminent Zoologists: From Aristotle to Linnaeus : with Introductory by William Macgillivray (1834)
"Rene Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur, one of the most ingenious naturalists whom
France has produced, was born at Rochelle in 1683. He commenced his studies in ..."
3. The Mason-bees by Jean-Henri Fabre (1914)
"... en- 'Rene Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur (-), inventor of the Reaumur thermometer
and author of Memoires pour servir a I'histoire naturelle des insectes. ..."
4. Catalogus bibliothecæ historico-naturalis Josephi Banks by Joseph Banks, Jonas Dryander (1799)
"„_„„„„„ Rene Antoine Ferchault DE REAUMUR. Observations sur les mines de Turquoises
du royaume. Mem. de l'Acad. des Se. de Paris, 1715. p. 174—202. ..."
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