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Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle

Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle is a earth science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle rather than just read about it. In short: Jean-Baptiste Louis Romé de l'Isle (26 August 1736 – 3 July 1790) was a French mineralogist, considered one of the creators of modern crystallography. Romé was born in Gray, Haute-Saône, in eastern France.

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Reference excerpt

Jean-Baptiste Louis Romé de l'Isle (26 August 1736 – 3 July 1790) was a French mineralogist, considered one of the creators of modern crystallography. Romé was born in Gray, Haute-Saône, in eastern France. As secretary of a company of artillery in the Carnatic Wars he visited the East Indies, was taken prisoner by the English in 1761, and held in captivity for several years. He was also an alumnus of the Collège Sainte-Barbe in Paris. Subsequently, he became distinguished for his researches on mineralogy and crystallography. He was the author of Essai de Cristallographie (1772), the second edition of which, regarded as his principal work, was published as Cristallographie (3 vols. and atlas, 1783). His formulation of the law of constancy of interfacial angles built on observations by the geologist Nicolaus Steno. In 1775, he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. He died in Paris, France on 3 July 1790.

See also Chemical crystallography before X-rays Geometrical crystallography before X-rays

References

Works Cristallographie (in French). Vol. 3. Paris: Imprimerie de Monsieur. 1783. Cristallographie (in French). Vol. 4. Paris: Imprimerie de Monsieur. 1783.

External links Romé de L'Isle, Jean-Baptiste Louis de (1736-1790). Des caractères extérieurs des minéraux, ou Réponse à cette question, 1794

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle

In research: Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle appears in earth science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1736 births, 1790 deaths, Crystallographers, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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