Auguste Bottée de Toulmon

Jean-Joseph-Auguste Bottée de Toulmon (6 February 1764 in Laon – 18 October 1815 in Tourny) was a French general manager of powders and saltpeter.

Revue générale de l'architecture et des travaux publics, V11, 1853, Planche 16

Biography

A general manager of powders and saltpeter during the National Convention, a professor at the École polytechnique (1812-1816), Bottée de Toulmon established the powder mill of Maromme, near Rouen.

He is the inventor of a hydrostatic test tube used to determine the explosive force of powders.[1]

Musicologist Auguste Bottée de Toulmon (1797-1850) was his son.

Works
  • 1812: Art de fabriquer la poudre à canon (with Riffault)
  • 1812: Art du salpêtrier
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References
  1. Dezobry et Bachelet, Dictionnaire de biographie, t. 1, Ch.Delagrave, 1876, p. 341
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