Thénard
Americannoun
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Eons later, in 1739, Louis-Jacques Thénard discovered how to make cobalt aluminate, better known as cobalt blue.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 4, 2023
Chemist Louis Jacques Thénard created a synthetic version of the color in the early 1800s and it quickly became popular with artists like Vincent Van Gogh, who used it in “Starry Night.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 3, 2022
Inspired by the blue glazes used on 18th century Sèvres porcelain, initially reserved for the aristocracy, chemist Louis Jacques Thénard developed a synthetic, vivid cobalt blue pigment making it affordable for the masses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2015
His subsequent studies were carried on at Paris under Gay-Lussac, Thénard, Dulong, and other distinguished chemists.
From Manures and the principles of manuring by Aikman, Charles Morton
W. complimented Thénard very much, who had given herself no end of trouble—also Mdme. de Langhe, who had undertaken the chorus.
From Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 by Waddington, Mary King
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