Pierre Adet
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| Pierre Adet | |
|---|---|
 Pierre Auguste Adet | |
| Born |
May 17, 1767 Nevers |
| Died | March 19, 1848 |
| Nationality | France |
| Influences | Lavoisier |
He worked with Lavoisier on a new chemical notation system, and was secretary to the scientific periodical Annales de chimie, founded in 1789. He proved that glacial acetic acid and vinegar acetic acid were the same substance.[1]
He was secretary to the Minister of the Navy and the Colonies, Jean Dalbarade. He was commissioner to Saint-Domingue. He later became French ambassador to the United States, He sent Georges-Henri-Victor Collot on a reconnaissance of the Ohio River, and Mississippi River.[2]
In 1803, he was Prefect of the Nièvre département. In 1809, he was a member of the Corps législatif.
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Further reading
- McDonald, E. (1970). "Adet, Pierre-August". Dictionary of Scientific Biography 1. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. pp. 64–65. ISBN 0-684-10114-9.
- Conlin M. F.; Srikrishna, A. (2000). "The American mission of citizen Pierre-Auguste Adet: Revolutionary chemistry and diplomacy in the early republic". Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 124 (4): 489–520. doi:10.1021/cr9403650.
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