Auguste Bottée de Toulmon
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Jean-Joseph-Auguste Bottée de Toulmon (6 February 1764 in Laon – 18 October 1815 in Tourny) was a French general manager of powders and saltpeter.
Biography
A general manager of powders and saltpeter during the National Convention, a professor at the École polytechnique (1812-1816), Bottée de Toulmon established the powder mill of Maromme, near Rouen.
He is the inventor of a hydrostatic test tube used to determine the explosive force of powders.[1]
Musicologist Auguste Bottée de Toulmon (1797-1850) was his son.
Works
- 1812: Art de fabriquer la poudre à canon (with Riffault)
- 1812: Art du salpêtrier
References
- ^ Dezobry et Bachelet, Dictionnaire de biographie, t. 1, Ch.Delagrave, 1876, p. 341