Marc-Auguste Pictet
Swiss scientific journalist (1752–1825) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Marc-Auguste Pictet (French: [piktɛ]; 23 July 1752 – 19 April 1825) was a Swiss scientific journalist and experimental natural philosopher.
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Born | 23 July 1752 (1752-07-23) |
Died | 19 April 1825 (1825-04-20) (aged 72) Geneva, Switzerland |
Nationality | Genevan, then Swiss from 1815 |
Alma mater | Academy of Geneva |
Occupation | scientific journalist |
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Pictet's main contribution to learning was his editing of the scientific section of the Bibliothèque Britannique (1796-1815), a publication devoted to the diffusion on the Continent of knowledge and arts produced in Great Britain. His own scientific research focused on the fields of physical science, especially calorimetry, but also astronomy,[1] geology, meteorology and technology, especially chronometry and the manufacture of fine earthenware.[2]