French chemist who made significant contributions to agricultural science, petroleum science and metallurgy (1801–1887)

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The laboratory of J.B. Boussingault in Liebfrauenberg abbey, Gœrsdorf, France: interior. Photograph.

The  farm and laboratory of J.B. Boussingault in Pechelbronn, France. Photograph.

The summer residence of J.B. Boussingault, Liebfrauenberg abbey, Gœrsdorf, France. Photograph.

The study of J.B. Boussingault in Liebfrauenberg abbey, Gœrsdorf, France. Photograph.

Joseph Dieudonné Jean Baptiste Boussingault. Lithograph.

Jean Baptiste Boussingault and platinum / by F.W.J. McCosh.

Rural economy, in its relations with chemistry, physics, and meterology; or, An application of the principles of chemistry and physiology to the details of practical farming / By J.B. Boussingault. Translated with an introduction and notes by George Law.

The chemical and physiological balance of organic nature : an essay / by J. Dumas and J.B. Boussingault ; edited by D.P. Gardner.

Elements of agricultural chemistry, in a course of lectures of the Board of Agriculture / By Sir Humphry Davy.

The chemical and physiological balance of organic nature : an essay. [Translated from the French] / [J.-B. Dumas].

Sewer manure. Statement of the course of investigation & results of experiments as to the means of removing the refuse of towns in water, and applying it as manure : with suggestions of further trial works (for voluntary adoption) of the practicability of applying sewer water as manures by subterranean channels; prepared for the consideration of the Committee of Works / by Edwin Chadwick, Esq., C.B., with appendices.

Inauguration du monument de Boussingault / [Jean Baptiste Joseph Dieudonné Boussingault].

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Jean-Baptiste Boussingault

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The chemical and physiological balance of organic nature : an essay / by J. Dumas and J.B. Boussingault ; edited by D.P. Gardner.

Elements of agricultural chemistry, in a course of lectures of the Board of Agriculture / By Sir Humphry Davy.

The chemical and physiological balance of organic nature : an essay. [Translated from the French] / [J.-B. Dumas].

Inauguration du monument de Boussingault / [Jean Baptiste Joseph Dieudonné Boussingault].

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Jean-Baptiste Boussingault

Images from the collections

Images by Jean-Baptiste Boussingault

Images featuring Jean-Baptiste Boussingault

Works from the collections

The chemical and physiological balance of organic nature : an essay / by J. Dumas and J.B. Boussingault ; edited by D.P. Gardner.

Elements of agricultural chemistry, in a course of lectures of the Board of Agriculture / By Sir Humphry Davy.

The chemical and physiological balance of organic nature : an essay. [Translated from the French] / [J.-B. Dumas].

Inauguration du monument de Boussingault / [Jean Baptiste Joseph Dieudonné Boussingault].

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