Émile Sarrau
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]
Émile Sarrau | |
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| Born | June 24, 1837 |
| Died | May 10, 1904 (aged 66) |
| Nationality | French |
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| Fields | chemistry |
References
- (france), Académie des Inscriptions Belles-Lettres; France, Institut de (1904). Journal des Savants.
- 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.
- "Jacques Rose Ferdinand Émile Sarrau". www.cosmovisions.com.
- Blackmore, John T (1972). Ernst Mach: his life, work, and influence. p. 112. ISBN 978-0-520-01849-5.
Further reading
- Colby, Frank Moore; Williams, Talcott (1927). The New international encyclopædia.
- Cajori, Florian (September 2009). A History of Mathematics. ISBN 978-1-113-92722-4.
- "Émile Sarrau". Nature. 70 (1805): 106. 1904. doi:10.1038/070106c0.
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