Close
Cart (0)
Login
Register
By using our website, you agree to our use of cookies as described in
Cookie Policy
.
OK
X
Digital Asset Management by Orange Logic
Company
Your account
Register
Hire an Illustrator
Terms and conditions
Privacy & Legal Notices
Prints and Gifts
Educational Resources
Science Photos
Connect
LinkedIn: Science Source Images
Facebook: Science Source Images
YouTube: ScienceImages
Instagram: ScienceSourceStock
© 2022 Science Source Inc.
All rights reserved
Go to Login page
Hide details
Conceptually similar
Similar tones
View images with similar tones
Michel Chevreul, French Chemist
Description:
Commemorating the 100th Birthday of M. Michel Eugène Chevreul, French Chemist and Member of the Academy of Sciences Modeler: Louis-Oscar Roty, bronze, brown patina, 1886. Michel Eugène Chevreul (August 31, 1786 - April 9, 1889) was a French chemist whose work with fatty acids led to early applications in the fields of art and science. He is credited with the discovery of margaric acid and designing an early form of soap made from animal fats and salt. He discovered the composition of stearin, a white substance found in the solid parts of most animal and vegetable fats, and olein, the liquid part of any fat, and to isolate stearic and oleic acids, the names of which he invented. This work led to important improvements in the processes of candle-manufacture. Chevreul was against charlatanism in every form, and a complete sceptic as to the "scientific" psychical research or spiritualism. Chevreul was also influential in the world of art. He determined that perceived color was influenced by other surrounding colors leading him to create a classification of colors and chromatic diagram. This led to a concept known as simultaneous contrast. He lived to 102 and was a pioneer in the field of gerontology. His is one of the 72 names inscribed on the Eiffel Tower.
Credit:
Metropolitan Museum of Art/Science Source
Unique identifier:
SS2626095
Legacy Identifier:
JA5940
Type:
Image
Size:
5400px × 2799px (~43 MB)
Add to cart
Direct link to Image
Copy URL to clipboard
Add to lightbox My First Lightbox
Add to cart
Tags
1886
19th century
academy of sciences
bw
centenarian
chemist
classification of colors
eiffel tower scientist
famous
french
gerontologist
history
man
medal
metalwork
michel chevreul
personality
scientist
the principles of harmony and contrast of colors