Émile Sarrau Explained

Émile Sarrau
Birth Date:	24 June 1837
Nationality:	French
Field:	chemistry

Jacques Rose Ferdinand Émile Sarrau (Perpignan 24 June 1837 – Saint-Yrieix 10 May 1904)^[1] was a French chemist. He worked most of his career at the laboratory in the Dépôt Central des Poudres et Salpêtres (Central Depot for Powder and Saltpetre).^[2] He did research on explosive shock waves, the effects of explosives and he developed new explosives. The Mach number was sometimes called in French the Nombre de Sarrau (Sarrau number).^{[3] [4]}

Further reading

• Book: The New international encyclopædia . Colby, Frank Moore . Williams, Talcott . 1927.
• Book: A History of Mathematics . 978-1-113-92722-4 . Cajori, Florian . September 2009.
• Émile Sarrau . Nature . 70 . 106 . 1904 . 10.1038/070106c0 . 1805. 1904Natur..70R.106. . free .

Notes and References

1. Book: Journal des Savants . (france), Académie des Inscriptions Belles-Lettres . France, Institut de . 1904.
2. Book: Frontline and factory: comparative perspectives on the chemical industry at war, 1914-1924 . 978-1-4020-5489-1 . Johnson, Jeffrey Allan . MacLeod, Roy M . 2006.
3. Web site: Jacques Rose Ferdinand Émile Sarrau. www.cosmovisions.com .
4. Book: Ernst Mach: his life, work, and influence . 978-0-520-01849-5 . Blackmore, John T . 1972 . 112.