Émile Sarrau

Émile Sarrau
Born June 24, 1837(1837-06-24)
Died May 10, 1904(1904-05-10) (aged 66)
Nationality French
Fields chemistry

Jacques Rose Ferdinand Émile Sarrau (Perpignan 24 June 1837 – Saint-Yrieix 10 May 1904)[1] was a French chemist. He worked most of his career at the laboratory in the Dépôt Central des Poudres et Salpêtres (Central Depot for Powder and Saltpetre).[2] He did research on explosive shock waves, the effects of explosives and he developed new explosives. The Mach number was sometimes called in French the Nombre de Sarrau (Sarrau number).[3][4]

References

  1. ^ (france), Académie des Inscriptions Belles-Lettres; France, Institut de (1904). Journal des Savants. http://www.google.de/search?hl=de&safe=off&tbo=1&tbs=bks%3A1&q=M.+%C3%89mile+Sarrau%2C+membre+de+la+Section+de+m%C3%A9canique+depuis+le+2+4+mai+1886%2C+est+d%C3%A9c%C3%A9d%C3%A9+%C3%A0+Saint-+Yrieix+le+10+mai+1904.+N%C3%A9+%C3%A0+Perpignan+le+24+juin+1837%2C+M.+Sarrau+%C3%A9tait+sorti+de+l%27%C3%89cole+polytechnique+en+1+869+dans+le+corps+des+&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=. 
  2. ^ Johnson, Jeffrey Allan; MacLeod, Roy M (2006). Frontline and factory: comparative perspectives on the chemical industry at war, 1914-1924. ISBN 978-1-4020-5489-1. http://books.google.de/books?id=GOQPGFiLs5IC&pg=PA205. 
  3. ^ "Jacques Rose Ferdinand Émile Sarrau". www.cosmovisions.com. http://www.cosmovisions.com/Sarrau.htm. 
  4. ^ Blackmore, John T (1972). Ernst Mach: his life, work, and influence. p. 112. ISBN 978-0-520-01849-5. http://books.google.de/books?id=5ZY9qjB34PMC&pg=PA112. 

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