Jean-André Deluc

Jean-André Deluc or de Luc

Scientific contributions

Observations and theory Deluc's main interests were geology and meteorology; Georges Cuvier mentions him as an authority on the former subject. He gave the first correct rules for measuring heights with the help of a barometer .

In 1809 he sent a long paper to the Royal Society on separating the chemical from the electrical effect of the dry pile, a form of Voltaic pile,

Scriptural and observational data The last decades of Deluc's life were occupied with theological considerations. Letters on the physical theory of the earth, addressed to Professor Blumenbach, London, 1831 (With introductory remarks and illustrations by Henry De La Fite).

Lists of online works List of online works on e-rara.ch. Articles published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. Jean-André Deluc (1779–1780) Lettres physiques et morales sur l'histoire de la terre et de l'homme, 5 vol. – digital facsimile from the Linda Hall Library Jean-André Deluc (1810–1811) Geological Travels. 3 vol. (English) – digital facsimile from the Linda Hall Library