Ferdinand Fouqué

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Ferdinand Fouqué

French geologist

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Auguste Michel-Lévy
With Ferdinand Fouqué, Michel-Lévy studied and experimented widely in the synthesis of igneous rocks. They showed that the same molten mixture yields rocks of different mineralogy, depending on the conditions of crystallization, and that the rate of cooling determines crystal size. Together they wrote Minéralogie micrographique:…
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With Ferdinand Fouqué, Michel-Lévy studied and experimented widely in the synthesis of igneous rocks. They showed that the same molten mixture yields rocks of different mineralogy, depending on the conditions of crystallization, and that the rate of cooling determines crystal size. Together they wrote Minéralogie micrographique:…
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Heinrich Schliemann
Discovery of Troy
The French geologist Ferdinand Fouqué dug at Santorin in 1862 and found fresco-covered walls of houses and painted pottery beneath 26 feet (8 metres) of pumice, the result of the great eruption that divided the original island into Thera (modern Thíra) and Therasis (modern Thirasía). Geologists at that…
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The French geologist Ferdinand Fouqué dug at Santorin in 1862 and found fresco-covered walls of houses and painted pottery beneath 26 feet (8 metres) of pumice, the result of the great eruption that divided the original island into Thera (modern Thíra) and Therasis (modern Thirasía). Geologists at that…
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