Polytechnique Of Paris: When the ficole Polytechnique of paris was founded in 1794, Guyton became a chemistry professor. Napoleon appointed him director of the mint in 1799. Guyton pioneered in the use of chlorine as a disinfectant and in 1801 published a description of a simple chlorine generator, which became widely used. He was awarded the title Baron of the Empire in 1811. Guyton died in Paris on Jan. 2, 1816.
Jan. 1,_1815; d. Prades, Sept. 1, 1903. Educated at the Ecole Polytechnique of paris in Paris, he spent most of his life in retirement, but his writings deal with social and political issues,, as well as purely philosophical questions. Renouvier's philosophy, termed "phenomenological neocriticism," in some ways anticipated the pragmatism of William James and certain pluralist doctrines of the 20th century.
Kalinga Prize. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization annually awards the Kalinga Prize of $2,800 for the popularization of science in writing. The 1967 recipient was the French astronomer Paul Couderc of the Observatoire de Paris (from 1944). Couderc is an honorary lecturer in astrophysics at the Ecole Polytechnique of paris, and was secretary-general of the French National Committee for Astronomy from 1946 to 1960. He is the author of many papers on astronomy, physics, and other areas of science, as well as about 20 popular books on science, including two published in English: The Expansion of the Universe (1952), and The Wider Universe (1960).
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