Jean d'Arcet or Jean Darcet (7 September 1724 – 12 February 1801) was a

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, and director of the

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works at Sèvres. He was one of the first to manufacture porcelain in

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. Darcet was probably born in

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, where his family resided, but was baptised in

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. In 1774 he was appointed

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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).

References

*Jaime Wisniak
"Jean Darcet"
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* 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
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* Collège de France faculty 18th-century French chemists Members of the French Academy of Sciences 1724 births 1801 deaths {{france-chemist-stub