LAUMONT, FRANCOIS PIERRE NICHOLAS GILLET DE (1747-1834)

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LAUMONT, FRANCOIS PIERRE NICHOLAS GILLET DE (1747-1834) ,

French

FRENCH
CHESTER
- CHESTER
- CHESTER, EARLS OF
_1850_.html">FRENCH, DANIEL
CHESTER
- CHESTER
- CHESTER, EARLS OF
(1850– )
FRENCH,
NICHOLAS
(1604-1678)

mineralogist, was

born

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

in Paris on the 28th of May 1747. He was educated at a military school, and served in the army from 1772-1784, when he was appointed inspector of mines. His

attention

ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

in his leisure

time

TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the
root
- ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
- ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )
also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
TIME, STANDARD

was wholly given to

mineralogy

MINERALOGY

, and he assisted in organizing the new Ecole des Mines in Paris. He was author of numerous mineralogical papers in the

Journal

JOURNAL
JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

and Annales des Mines. The

mineral

MINERAL

laumontite was named after him by flatly. He died in Paris on the 1st of June 1834.

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