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Mascart Sund
Mascart is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Éleuthère Mascart (1837–1908), French physicist * Jean Mascart (1872–1935), French astronomer and mathematician See also * Cape Mascart, on Adelaide Island Adelaide Island is a large, mainly ice-covered island, long and wide, lying at the north side of Marguerite Bay off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. The Ginger Islands lie off the southern end. Mount Bodys is the easternmost mounta ... * Maxime Blocq-Mascart (1894–1965). French banker, economist and lobbyist who became a leader of the French Resistance {{Surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Éleuthère Mascart
Éleuthère Élie Nicolas Mascart (20 February 1837 – 24 August 1908) was a French physicist. His research focused in optics, electricity, magnetism, and meteorology. Life Mascart was born in Quarouble, Nord. Starting in 1858, he attended the École normale supérieure (rue d'Ulm), earning his '' agrégé-préparateur'' three years later. He acquired his doctoral degree in science in 1864. After serving at various posts in secondary education, in 1868 he moved to the Collège de France to become Henri Victor Regnault's assistant. Mascart was appointed to succeed Régnault as the tenured Régnault chair in 1872, which he held until his death. In 1878 he also became the first director of the Bureau Central Météorologique. He won the Prix Bordin of the Académie Française in 1866 and the Grand prix of the Académie des sciences in 1874. He was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1890. He was elected Perpetual Member (1884), Secretary, and in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Mascart
Jean Mascart (Paris, 7 March 1872 — Paris, 28 March 1935) was a French astronomer and mathematician. Career Mascart was on the staff of the Paris observatory. On 17 May 1910, Mascart was at Tenerife to observe Halley's Comet from the southern flank of Pico de Teide. Jean Mascart was the son of physicist Éleuthère Mascart Éleuthère Élie Nicolas Mascart (20 February 1837 – 24 August 1908) was a French physicist. His research focused in optics, electricity, magnetism, and meteorology. Life Mascart was born in Quarouble, Nord. Starting in 1858, he attend .... Works * * * * * * * ** * References {{Authority control 20th-century French astronomers Scientists from Paris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adelaide Island
Adelaide Island is a large, mainly ice-covered island, long and wide, lying at the north side of Marguerite Bay off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. The Ginger Islands lie off the southern end. Mount Bodys is the easternmost mountain on Adelaide Island, rising to over 1,220 m. The island lies within the Argentine, British and Chilean Antarctic claims. History Adelaide Island was discovered in 1832 by a British expedition under John Biscoe. The island was first surveyed by the French Antarctic Expedition (1908–1910) under Jean-Baptiste Charcot. According to a contemporary source, the island was named by Biscoe himself in honour of Queen Adelaide of the United Kingdom, who earlier gave her name to the city in Australia. The Island has two bases on it. The old Adelaide Island base (also known as Base T) was set up by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), which later became the British Antarctic Survey. The Base was closed due to an unstable skiway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
