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Through the Academy of Sciences, Jamin was a member of one of many committees whose purpose was to organize the Loan Collection of Scientific Instruments, a massive exhibition of scientific artifacts from which the Museum of Science in London was eventually founded.

Like many French scientists of the period, Jamin was known to perform scientific demonstrations in public with the goal of drawing enthusiastic crowds and gaining support for his work.

Jamin was a staunch advocate of the movement in 19th century French towards precision measurement being essential for meaningful scientific experimentation.

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Jamin's areas of research were widely ranging. Such areas included the compressibility of liquids, the critical point of gases,specific heats, hygrometry, and the measurement of indices of refraction of gases, liquid water at different pressures, and of water vapor. In addition to the elliptical polarization of glassy substances (this is already noted in the current wikipedia article), he discovered the negative elliptical polarization of flourine. While he was a professor in Caen he would take his pupils on botanical and geologically focused expeditions on Sundays. Jamin was a staunch advocate of the movement in 19th century French towards precision measurement being essential for meaningful scientific experimentation. Like many French scientists of the period, Jamin was known to perform scientific demonstrations in public with the goal of drawing enthusiastic crowds and gaining support for his work.

In 1873, Jamin invented a magnet with a layered design that allowed it to carry twenty-two times its own weight. At the time the greatest lifting capacity demonstrated for an artificial magnet was only four to five times its own weight. He also improved on the Jablochkoff candle with his Jamin Electric Light, which he claimed "lights and relights itself as often as is required; only requires one circuit for all the neighboring candles; it replaces automatically those which are consumed, by new carbons; it employs no insulating material which might alter the color of the flame; and it requires no preliminary preparation of the carbons, which considerably diminishes the expense."

Biography

Jamin's areas of interest were not confined entirely to the sciences. He enjoyed studying the work of distinguished artists at the Louvre and was a talented artist himself. His family is in possession of many of his paintings, as is the church in his native commune of Termes.

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From Corps to Discipline, Part One: Charles d'Almeida, Pierre Bertin and French Experimental Physics, 1840–1880 (2018)
Authors & Contributors: Daniel Jon Mitchell (Author);

Abstract: Academic careers in French science during the mid-nineteenth century were made within the Université de France, an integrated state system of secondary and higher education controlled by a centralized Parisian educational administration. Among the most respected members of the corps universitaire were Charles d'Almeida and Pierre Bertin, two historically obscure physiciens whose significance derives from their substantial contributions to the social organization, teaching and communication of French experimental physics. This two-part comparative biography uses their entwined careers to make a case for the emergence of a discipline of French experimental physics from the corps during the tumultuous politico-cultural transition from the Second Empire to the Third Republic. Of fundamental importance are disciplinary regimes of teaching and inspection within the corps, the foundation of the Société française de physique and the Journal de physique, and the diversification of the traditional pedagogical role of the Ecole normale supérieure, which, from around 1860, began to offer a career pathway for aspiring scientific researchers. Having established in this paper the socio-institutional mechanisms for the stabilization of a distinct field, in part two I characterize the epistemological–methodological aspects of French experimental physics.

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Gustave-Adolphe Hirn (1815--90): Engineering Thermodynamics in Mid-Nineteenth-Century France (2006)
Authors & Contributors: Papanelopoulou, Faidra (Author);

Abstract: This paper examines the activities of the Alsatian physicist--engineer and philosopher Gustave-Adolphe Hirn, whose contribution to thermodynamics and the metaphysical interpretation of heat theory are rather neglected parts of the history of French thermodynamics. The industrial environment in which Hirn was reared, and in which he worked, turned his thoughts to an investigation of thermal phenomena in conjunction with their relevance to the industrial needs of his factory. Nurtured in the intellectual environment of Colmar, Hirn also developed a deep sense of morality that was bound to the Christian world view. His work on heat led him to a generalized metaphysics based on the notion of force. However, despite important work on friction and his `independent' discovery of the mechanical equivalent of heat, Hirn never felt that his work received its due recognition from his contemporaries. Without attributing this negligence solely to Hirn's relative isolation in Alsace and to the absence of formal institutional affiliations, the paper suggests that it was Hirn's particular scientific practice that was at odds with well-established practices employed by other French scientists and engineers.

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Conjuring Science: A History of Scientific Entertainment and Stage Magic in Modern France (2015)
Authors & Contributors: Sofie Lachapelle (Author);

Abstract: Conjuring Science explores the history of magic shows and scientific entertainment. It follows the frictions and connections of magic and science as they occurred in the world of popular entertainment in France from the mid-eighteenth to the early twentieth century. It situates conjurers within the broader culture of science and argues that stage magic formed an important popular conduit for science and scientific enthusiasm during this period. From the scientific recreations of the fairs to the grand illusions of the theatre stage and the development of early cinema, conjurers used and were inspired by scientific and technological innovations to create illusions, provoke a sense of wonder, and often even instruct their audience. In their hands, science took on many meanings and served different purposes: it was a set of pleasant facts and recreational demonstrations upon which to draw; it was the knowledge presented in various scientific lectures accompanied by optical projections at magic shows; it was the techniques necessary to create illusions and effects on stage and later on at the cinema; and it was a way to separate conjuring from the deceit of mediums, mystical showmen and quacks in order to gain a better standing within an increasingly scientifically-minded society.

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Evaluating an Article: Louisa Charlotte Tyndall (Assignment 2/21/2020)

 * Is everything in the article relevant to the topic? Is there anything that distracted you?

I thought everything in the article was relevant and there wasn't anything that I found distracting.


 * Is the article neutral? Are there any claims or frames that appear heavily based toward a particular position?

I did not find any strong signs of bias in the article. I did however think the section on her and John Tyndall's relationship could have been worded a little more eloquently.


 * Are there viewpoints that are over represented or underrepresented?

I thought since it recognized that she played such a key role in John Tyndall's work and research it could have discussed the specifics of that more. What kind of experiments they performed, or what kind of questions they were hoping to answer. Although at the same time it did provide a link to John Tyndall's page, which contained much more information on this, so I'm not sure if it would be considered redundant to talk about it on her Wikipedia page as well.


 * Sources:

All of the source links I checked out worked and they all seemed to be from reputable sources.


 * References:

Yes, all facts were referenced to sources at the bottom of the page.


 * Information out of date?

None of the information seemed out of date.


 * Talk page?

The talk page was not very busy for this article. I believe there was one comment.