Nollet

"L'Art des expériences: La Physique du Salon de l'abbé Jean-Antoine Nollet (1700-1770)" Musée Stewart au Fort de l'île Sainte-Hélène, (Montréal, Quebec) (French only) www. stewart-museum.org

The Creation of Color in Eighteenth-Century Europe 2006

Note 6: abbé Jean-Antoine Nollet, L'Art des expériences, ou avis aux amateur de la physique (Paris, 1770). back

The Creation of Color in Eighteenth-Century Europe 2006

We learn more from the single experiments of the Abbé Nollet than from all the philosophical works of antiquity.

A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

Whether this was due to a lack of knowledge of the science on the part of the one performing the experiments, or some defect in the technical applications, we are not prepared to say; but this we do know, that such men as Jolabert, Nollet, Mainbray and other eminent physicists affirmed that electricity favored the germination of seeds and accelerated the growth of plants; while, on the other hand,

Scientific American Supplement, No. 841, February 13, 1892 Various

He was assailed by the Nollet previously mentioned, and by a party of French philosophers, yet there arose, in his absence and without his knowledge, a party who called themselves distinctively "Franklinists."

Steam, Steel and Electricity James W. Steele

In 1734 Nollet went to London and was admitted into the Royal

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

Nollet was also a member of the Institute of Bologna and of the

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

Abbés Nollet and Menon that animals (cats, pigeons, chaffinches) lose weight when subjected to prolonged electrification, the loss being ascribed to increased "transpiration" under electrical stimulus.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 16 [Supplement] 1840-1916 1913

Fleury created a public chair of experimental physics for Nollet.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

Abbé Nollet was the first to recognize the importance of sharp points on the conductors in the discharge of electricity.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913