Auguste Bottée de Toulmon


Jean-Joseph-Auguste Bottée de Toulmon was a French general manager of powders and saltpeter.

Biography

A general manager of powders and saltpeter during the National Convention, a professor at the École polytechnique, 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.
Musicologist Auguste Bottée de Toulmon was his son.

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