Joseph Plateau (1801 - 1883)

Joseph Antoine Ferdinand Plateau is born in Brussels on the 14th of October 1801. After the death of his parents the lawyer Thirion, uncle of the children, becomes his guardian. Because Joseph is ill quite often, he spends a lot of time in the countryside, where he enjoys drawing and collecting butterflies. He also engages in "physique amusante" or recreational physics. He builds demonstration apparatus, organises séances and astonishes his audience with the originality of his experiments.

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