Pierre Adet

Pierre Adet

Pierre Auguste Adet
Born (1767-05-17)17 May 1767
Nevers
Died 19 March 1848(1848-03-19) (aged 80)
Nationality France
Influences Lavoisier

Pierre-Auguste Adet (May 17, 1767 Nevers – March 19, 1848 Paris) was a French scientist, politician, and diplomat.

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.

References

  1. "Acetic Acid".
  2. Collot, Georges-Henri-Victor, 1750-1805 (2014). "American Journeys: Collot Expedition of 1796". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 17 October 2014.

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