About Adolphe Bitard
Lived 1837 – 1888 (aged 50–51). Adolphe Bitard was a French journalist.
The phonograph.Frontispice des Principales Découvertes et Inventions par Adolphe Bitard.
Adolphe-Louis-Émile Bitard (24 February 1826 – early 1888) was a 19th-century French journalist and scientific educator.
From age 17, he enlisted in the campaigns of Crimea and Italy. After the was voted, Bitard participated to several Parisian dailies, and then, from 1871, to science magazines such as La Revue de France, Le Musée universel and which he established some weeks before he died. He created two other magazines, in 1878, and in 1881, then in 1887. In addition to popular science books, he left a biographical dictionary and several practical encyclopedias.
Main publications 1875: 1878: ,Text online 1878: 1878: 1878: 1878: . Reissue: , 1880. 1878: , Text online 1880: , Text online 1880: 1880: 1881: 1884: 1886: 1891: .
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Who was Adolphe Bitard?
French journalist
When was Adolphe Bitard born?
Adolphe Bitard was born on 24 February 1837 in Vernon.
When did Adolphe Bitard die?
Adolphe Bitard died in 1888.
What was Adolphe Bitard's occupation?
Adolphe Bitard was a journalist.
What nationality was Adolphe Bitard?
Adolphe Bitard was French.
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