Pierre Adet

{{Short description|French scientist, politician, and diplomat}}

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Pierre-Auguste, chevalier Adet ({{IPA|fr|pjɛʁ oɡyst ʃəvalje adɛ}}; 17 May 1763 Nevers – 19 March 1834 Paris) was a French scientist, politician, and diplomat.

He worked with Lavoisier on a new chemical notation system, and was secretary to the scientific periodical Annales de chimie, founded in 1789. He proved that glacial acetic acid and vinegar acetic acid were the same substance.{{cite web|url=http://www.acetic-acid.net/index.php?mib=submenus&submid=2009011621395718&lang=EN|title=Acetic Acid|publisher=}}

In 1796, Adet was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society.{{Cite web|title=APS Member History|url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=Pierre+A.+Adet&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced|access-date=2021-03-31|website=search.amphilsoc.org}}

He was secretary to the Minister of the Navy and the Colonies, Jean Dalbarade.

He was commissioner to Saint-Domingue.

He later became French ambassador to the United States,

He sent Georges-Henri-Victor Collot on a reconnaissance of the Ohio River, and Mississippi River.{{cite web | author1 = Collot, Georges-Henri-Victor, 1750-1805 | authorlink = Georges Henri Victor Collot | title = American Journeys: Collot Expedition of 1796 | url = http://www.americanjourneys.org/aj-088a/summary/index.asp|website=Wisconsin Historical Society | accessdate = 17 October 2014 | year = 2014 }}

In 1803, he was Prefect of the Nièvre département.

In 1809, he was a member of the Corps législatif.