Jean d'Arcet or Jean Darcet (7 September 1724 – 12 February 1801) was a
French
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chemist, and director of the
porcelain works at
Sèvres. He was one of the first to manufacture porcelain in
France.
Darcet was probably born in
Doazit
Doazit (; oc, Doasit) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
Population
See also
* Château de Candale
*Communes of the Landes department
The following is a list of the 327 communes of the La ...
, where his family resided, but was baptised in
Audignon
Audignon (; oc, Audinhon) is a commune of the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Landes department
The following is a list of the 327 communes of the Landes department of F ...
.
In 1774 he was appointed
professor of chemistry in the
Collège de France and in 1795 he became a member of the Institute.
He died in Paris.
His publications include: ''Sur l'action d'un feu égal sur un grand nombre de terres'' (1766–71); ''Expériences sur plusieurs diamants et pierres précieuses'' (1772); ''Rapport sur l'electricité dans les maladies nerveuses'' (1783).
See also
*
Royal Commission on Animal Magnetism
References
*Jaime Wisniak
"Jean Darcet" ''Revista CENIC Ciencias Químicas'', Vol. 35, No. 2, 2004.
* Bailly, J.-S., "Secret Report on Mesmerism or Animal Magnetism", ''International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis'', Vol.50, No.4, (October 2002), pp. 364–368
doi=10.1080/00207140208410110* Franklin, B., Majault, M.J., Le Roy, J.B., Sallin, C.L., Bailly, J.-S., d'Arcet, J., de Bory, G., Guillotin, J.-I. & Lavoisier, A., "Report of The Commissioners charged by the King with the Examination of Animal Magnetism", ''International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis'', Vol.50, No.4, (October 2002), pp. 332–363
doi=10.1080/00207140208410109*
Collège de France faculty
18th-century French chemists
Members of the French Academy of Sciences
1724 births
1801 deaths
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