About Émile Bertrand
Lived 1844 – 1909 (aged 64–65). Émile Bertrand was a French mineralogist and trader of naturalia.
Émile Bertrand (1844–1909) was a French mineralogist, in honour of whom bertrandite was named by Alexis Damour. He also gave his name to the Bertrand lens or phase telescope.
He studied at the Ecole des Mines in Paris and was a co-founder of the . published a translation of Ernst Mach's work on the history of mechanics, "La mécanique: exposé historique et critique de son développement" (1904); and is credited with the design of a refractometer.
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Who was Émile Bertrand?
mineralogist, dealer of naturalia (1844–1909)
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Émile Bertrand was born in 1844.
When did Émile Bertrand die?
Émile Bertrand died on 16 November 1909.
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Émile Bertrand was a mineralogist and trader of naturalia.
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Émile Bertrand was French.
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