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100 1 _aDu Châtelet, Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise,
_d1706-1749
245 1 0 _aDissertation sur la nature et la propagation du feu
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2024
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2024-03-28
508 _aClaudine Corbasson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica))
520 _a"Dissertation sur la nature et la propagation du feu" by Du Châtelet is a scientific publication written in the early 18th century. The work delves into the nature of fire, exploring its properties and effects, as well as its interactions with various materials. It aims to clarify misconceptions and provide a systematic analysis of fire, challenging the prevailing notions of the time. The opening of this dissertation introduces the author’s intent and the academic context in which it was created. It explains that the work was composed for an academic prize and subsequently printed due to its intellectual merit, despite not winning. Du Châtelet begins her examination by questioning the common associations of fire with heat and light, arguing that these are not its essential qualities. She presents various experiments and observations to discuss the complexity of fire, asserting that it cannot be solely defined by sensory perceptions, thereby setting the stage for a deeper philosophical and scientific investigation into its true essence and behavior. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cParis: Prault fils, 1744
653 _aHeat
653 _aFire
856 4 _uhttps://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k756786/f5.double
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73279
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