Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos
Hilaire Bernigaud, count de Chardonnet
Table of Contents
Introduction References & Edit History Quick Facts & Related Topics
Quizzes
Michael Faraday (L) English physicist and chemist (electromagnetism) and John Frederic Daniell (R) British chemist and meteorologist who invented the Daniell cell.
Faces of Science
ball bearing. Disassembled ball bearing. rotational friction Automobile Industry, Engineering, Industry, Machine Part, Metal Industry, Sphere, Steel, Wheel
Inventors and Inventions
Related Questions
Read Next
Chemical equations Chemical reactions chemistry
How Do You Balance a Chemical Equation?
Illustration of molecules. (molecular, chemistry, science)
Why Is a Group of Molecules Called a Mole?
Abstract vector hi speed internet technology background
History of Technology Timeline
The Apple II
10 Inventions That Changed Your World
A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England
Inventors and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
Discover
Nazi Germany, Nazi SS troops marching with victory standards at the Party Day rally in Nuremberg, Germany, 1933. (Schutzstaffel, Nazi Party, Nurnberg)
Why Was Nazi Germany Called the Third Reich?
July, 2006, Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery STS-121. See attached for full caption information.
Will Light-Speed Space Travel Ever Be Possible?
Titanic infographic. The 30th anniversary of its discovery is September 1, 2015. SPOTLIGHT VERSION.
Timeline of the Titanic’s Final Hours
Candles Burning On Table In Church
What Is the Most Widely Practiced Religion in the World?
Hemp (Cannabis sativa).
9 Mind-Altering Plants
Groups of depositors in front of the closed American Union Bank, New York City. April 26, 1932. Great Depression run on bank crowd
Causes of the Great Depression
Lusitania sinking, illustration from The War of the Nations (New York), December 31, 1919. World War I, WWI. This image is one of three on the page. (See source file for the other two.)
7 of the World’s Deadliest Shipwrecks

Hilaire Bernigaud, count de Chardonnet: Facts & Related Content

verifiedCite
While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions.
Select Citation Style
Share
Share to social media
URL
https://www.britannica.com/facts/Louis-Marie-Hilaire-Bernigaud-comte-de-Chardonnet
Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Also Known As Hillaire Bernigaud, comte de Chardonnet
Born May 1, 1839 • Besançon • France
Died March 12, 1924 (aged 84) • Paris • France
Inventions Chardonnet rayon
Georges Claude
French engineer
Alfred Nobel
Alfred Nobel
Swedish inventor
Leo Baekeland
Leo Baekeland
American chemist
Antoine Lavoisier
Antoine Lavoisier
French chemist
Paul-Louis-Toussaint Héroult
French scientist
Philippe Lebon
French scientist
Paul Vieille
French chemist
Thaddeus Fairbanks
American inventor
Seth Boyden
American inventor
Sir Humphry Davy
Sir Humphry Davy
British chemist
James Watt
James Watt
Scottish inventor
James Lovelock
James Lovelock
English chemist, doctor, and author
Kary B. Mullis
Kary Mullis
American chemist
Werner von Siemens, drawing by Ismael Gentz, 1887
Werner von Siemens
German electrical engineer
Robert Bunsen
Robert Bunsen
German chemist
George Eastman, 1926.
George Eastman
American inventor, entrepreneur, and manufacturer
Sir John A. Pople
British mathematician and chemist
Herman Hollerith
American inventor
Hazel Bishop
American chemist and businesswoman
Herbert H. Dow
American chemist

Related Quizzes and Features

Quiz
ball bearing. Disassembled ball bearing. rotational friction Automobile Industry, Engineering, Industry, Machine Part, Metal Industry, Sphere, Steel, Wheel
Inventors and Inventions
Michael Faraday (L) English physicist and chemist (electromagnetism) and John Frederic Daniell (R) British chemist and meteorologist who invented the Daniell cell.
Faces of Science