René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur was a French entomologist and writer who contributed to many different fields, especially the study of insects. He introduced the Réaumur temperature scale.
Line engraving by Gustav Metzeroth, 1859
René-Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur by Simmonneau after Alexis Simon Belle
Dissected head of a deer showing botfly larvae
Mémoires pour servir a l'histoire des insectes, 1734
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Tinning is the process of thinly coating sheets of wrought iron, steel, or copper with tin, and the resulting product is known as tinplate. The term is also widely used for the different process of co
René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur
…examined and reported on the auriferous (gold-bearing) rivers, the turquoise mines, the forests and the fossil beds of France. He devised the method of tinning iron that is still employed, and investigated the differences between iron and steel, correctly showing that the amount of carbon is greatest in cast…
Tin layer on the inside of a tin can
Treforest Tin Works, Glamorganshire c. 1840