Jean-André Deluc or de Luc He gave the first correct rules for measuring heights with the help of a barometer<!-- Please beware of the mention in 1911 Britannica: "in the Philosophical Transactions, 1771, p. 158"-->.

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,<gallery>

File:Deluc-1.jpg|1772 copy of volumes 1 and 2 of "Recherches sur les modifications de l'atmosphère"

File:Deluc-2.jpg|Title page of a 1772 copy of volume 1 of "Recherches sur les modifications de l'atmosphère"

File:Deluc-3.jpg|Table of contents page of a 1772 copy of volume 1 of "Recherches sur les modifications de l'atmosphère"

File:Deluc-7.jpg|Dedication to a 1772 copy of volume 1 of "Recherches sur les modifications de l'atmosphère"

File:Deluc-8.jpg|Dedication to a 1772 copy of volume 1 of "Recherches sur les modifications de l'atmosphère"

File:Deluc-5.jpg|First page of a 1772 copy of volume 1 of "Recherches sur les modifications de l'atmosphère"

</gallery>

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

References

Sources

  • Harrison, William Jerome.
  • Heilbron, John L.; Sigrist, René (ed.). Jean-André Deluc, historian of earth and man. Geneva: Slatkine 2011.
  • Michaud, Joseph-François; Michaud, Louis Gabriel. "Luc (Jean-André de)". Biographie universelle, ancienne et moderne, vol.&nbsp;25. 1820
  • Sigrist, René. Jean-André Deluc. Historical Dictionary of Switzerland . Also available in German and Italian.
  • Jean-Andre DeLuc papers (MS 179). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.[http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0179]

<br />