Pierre Joseph Macquer

Japanese: マケール(英語表記)Pierre Joseph Macquer
Pierre Joseph Macquer
1718‐84
French chemist. He started out as a physician, but was elected to the Académie des Sciences in 1745. In 1750 he began inspecting dyeing and other craft techniques, publishing De Dyeing of Silk (1763) and then becoming superintendent of the Gobelins dyeworks. In 1759 he served as head of research at the royal porcelain factory in Sèvres, where he discovered the existence of clay near Limoges (1768), and thereafter Sèvres was able to produce high-quality ceramics. In 1771 he conducted experiments on the combustion of diamonds, as well as experiments on the use of sunlight through a large convex lens.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
1718‐84
フランスの化学者。初めは医者であったが,1745年アカデミー・デ・シアンスの化学の会員に選ばれた。50年から染色などの工芸技術の監査のしごとに携わるようになり,《絹染色技術》(1763)を出版し,次いでゴブランの染色工場の主監となった。59年からはセーブルの王立製陶工場の研究主任を務め,リモージュ近辺での陶土の存在を確認し(1768),以後セーブルでも優秀な陶磁器が作れるようになった。71年,ダイヤモンドの燃焼実験を行ったほか,大きな凸レンズを用いての太陽光線による燃焼実験にも加わった。

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