Théodore Tiffereau
Théodore Cyprien Tiffereau, born in Sainte-Radégonde-des-Noyers, on June 23, 1819, and died in Arvert (Charente-Maritime) on March 9, 1909, was a French photographer and alchemist. • Illustration — First page of L'Art Faire De L'Or by Théodore Tiffereau He studied chemistry and physics at the Professional School 2 of Nantes, he is also a chemistry trainer there. Tiffereau traveled to Mexico from 1842 to 1847, from where he brought back daguerreotypes of landscapes and native Mexicans. Between 1854 and 1855, he presented six memoirs to the French Academy of Sciences concerning the transmutation of silver into gold.
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Théodore Tiffereau
Tiffereau, Cyprien-Théodore · Public domain
- Born
- 1819 · Sainte-Radégonde-des-Noyers.
- Died
- 1909 · Charente-Maritime.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- photographer · daguerreotypist
- Languages
- French
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Théodore Cyprien Tiffereau, born in Sainte-Radégonde-des-Noyers, on June 23, 1819, and died in Arvert (Charente-Maritime) on March 9, 1909, was a French photographer and alchemist. • Illustration — First page of L'Art Faire De L'Or by Théodore Tiffereau He studied chemistry and physics at the Professional School 2 of Nantes, he is also a chemistry trainer there. Tiffereau traveled to Mexico from 1842 to 1847, from where he brought back daguerreotypes of landscapes and native Mexicans. Between 1854 and 1855, he presented six memoirs to the French Academy of Sciences concerning the transmutation of silver into gold.
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Born at Sainte-Radégonde-des-Noyers in 1819, died in Charente-Maritime in 1909.
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- 1.Tiffereau, Cyprien-Théodore (1819-19 ). L'art de faire de l'or : la transmutation du fer, du cuivre et de l'argent en or. chez l'auteur (Paris-Grenelle). 1896.
- 2.Principe, Lawrence. Alchemy on the Cutting Edge (2014). YouTube.
- 3.Principe, Lawrence M. The Secrets of Alchemy. University of Chicago Press. 2012. 978-0-226-10379-2.
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