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Auguste Houzeau (3 March 1829, Elbeuf – 17 February 1911, Rouen) was a French agronomist and chemist. He studied at the ''Conservatoire national des arts et métiers'' in Paris, where he took chemistry classes from Jean-Baptiste Boussingault.〔Statement based on translated text from an equivalent article at the French Wikipedia.〕 He later served as a professor at the ''École préparatoire à l'enseignement supérieur des sciences et des lettres'' in Rouen, and in 1883 was appointed director of the ''Station agronomique de la Seine-Inférieure''. He was also president of the ''Société centrale d'agriculture de la Seine-Maritime''.〔(Prosopo ) Sociétés savantes de France〕 He is remembered for his investigations on the nature of ozone and its diffusion into the atmosphere; as well as for various studies of fertilizers and for his research involving apple pomace. He was the recipient of several awards during his career, such as: * (1862): The ''Médaille de vermeil'' from the ''Société industrielle d'Elbeuf''. * (1870): Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur, being promoted to officer in 1895. * (1872): The ''Médaille d'or'' of the ''Sociétés savantes à la Sorbonne''. * (1872): Platinum medal from the ''Société d'encouragement'' of Paris. * (1877): The ''Prix Jecker'' for his work associated with ozone. * The ''Ordre du Lion et du Soleil'' of Persia.〔 == Published works == * ''Histoire de la houille et de ses dérivés'', 1863 – History of coal and its derivatives. * ''Organisation de la station agronomique de Rouen'', 1863. * ''Sur la génération naturelle et artificielle de l'ozone'', 1874 – On the natural and artificial generation of ozone. * ''Instruction sur l’emploi de l’azotimètre pour le tirage des engrais azotés'', 1874 – Instruction on the use of an azotimeter with nitrogen fertilizers. * ''Détermination de la valeur des engrais'', 1875 – Determining the value of fertilizer. * ''Le Marc de pommes, sa composition, son emploi, sa conservation'', 1887 – Apple pomace, composition, usage, conservation. * ''Sur la composition de quelques fumiers, et sur un moyen simple d’apprécier dans la pratique agricole la composition des fumiers ainsi que leur valeur relative en argent'', 1888 – On the composition of various manures, etc. * ''Station agronomique de la Seine-Inférieure. Fruits à pressoir et marcs de pommes et de poires, leur emploi dans la ferme : rations nouvelles pour suppléer au manque de fourrage'', 1893.〔〔(WorldCat Identities ) Most widely held works by Auguste Houzeau〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Auguste Houzeau」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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