Prize of the Académie des Sciences de Paris (competition on the nature of fire, shared)

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The Prize of the Académie des Sciences de Paris (competition on the nature of fire, shared) was an 18th-century scientific award given by France’s leading scientific academy for the best theoretical and experimental work explaining the nature and behavior of fire.

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instanceOf 18th-century prize
award of the Académie des Sciences
research competition
scientific award
administeredBy members of the Académie des Sciences
awardedBy Académie des Sciences
Académie des Sciences
surface form: Académie royale des sciences
awardStatus shared prize
competitionType open scientific competition
prize essay competition
country Kingdom of France
discipline early modern science
evaluationCriteria experimental investigation of fire
theoretical explanation of fire
field chemistry
natural philosophy
physics
historicalContext Enlightenment-era scientific research in France
languageOfCompetition French
location Paris
purpose to encourage research on the physical nature of fire
to reward the best theoretical and experimental work on fire
selectionMethod peer review by academy-appointed committee
timePeriod 18th century
topic behavior of fire
nature of fire

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Marquise du Châtelet awardReceived Prize of the Académie des Sciences de Paris (competition on the nature of fire, shared)
subject surface form: Émilie du Châtelet