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Jobin Yvon History
History timeline 1819–1899
1819
1819
Jean-Baptiste Soleil Established
Jean-Baptiste Soleil, a prominent French scientist, established an optical equipment manufacturer called Maison Soleil.
1819
Fresnel Lens
Designed by Augustin Fresnel and manufactured by François and Jean-Baptiste Soleil, this lens enhances the power of lighthouse illumination.
1839
Babinet's goniometer
Invented by Jacques Babinet, this instrument measures the refractive index of crystals and the orientation of crystallographic axes.
1843
Silbermann's heliostat
Design by Jean-Thiébault Silbermann, this instrument reflects a solar beam in a fixed direction despite the movement of the Earth.
1848
Saccharimeter
Jean-Baptiste Soleil introduced a saccharimeter. Instrument for determining the sugar concentration of a substance by measuring the angle of rotation of the polarization plane of light beams.
1849
Henri Soleil
1872
Léon Laurent
1874
Laurent polarimeter
Léon Laurent introduced the world's first polarimeter.
Designed and manufactured by Léon Laurent, this instrument is used to measure the optical activity of substances. This copy is signed Amédée Jobin.