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comte de Nicolas-Christiern de Thy Milly
1728–1784
An 18th-century French nobleman with wide-ranging scientific interests, he wrote clearly about porcelain-making at a time when Europe was eager to understand and reproduce the craft. His work sits at the crossroads of chemistry, technology, and curiosity about how things are made.
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Arte de louceiro: Tratado sobre o modo de fazer as louças de barro mais grossas
by comte de Nicolas-Christiern de Thy Milly
About the author
Born in 1728 and dead in 1784, the comte de Milly was a French nobleman, military officer, and writer remembered today for practical works linked to science and industry. Library and reference sources identify him as Nicolas-Christiern de Thy de Milly, and they connect him with both chemistry and technical writing.
He is best known as the author of L'Art de la porcelaine, a work on porcelain manufacture that formed part of the great eighteenth-century effort to record useful knowledge about the arts and trades. That makes him an appealing figure for modern readers: not just a man of title, but someone interested in explaining materials, processes, and experiments in a usable way.
Sources also associate him with writings on contemporary scientific topics, including observations on early balloon experiments. Taken together, these works suggest a curious and practical mind, engaged with the new technologies and discoveries of his time.