Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men. François Arago

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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       LIVES

       DISTINGUISHED SCIENTIFIC MEN.

       THE HISTORY OF MY YOUTH

       AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF FRANCIS ARAGO.

       BAILLY.

       BIOGRAPHY READ AT THE PUBLIC SITTING OF THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, THE 26TH OF FEBRUARY, 1844.

       INTRODUCTION.

       INFANCY OF BAILLY.—HIS YOUTH.—HIS LITERARY ESSAYS.—HIS MATHEMATICAL STUDIES.

       BAILLY BECOMES THE PUPIL OF LACAILLE.—HE IS ASSOCIATED WITH HIM IN HIS ASTRONOMICAL LABOURS.

       BAILLY A MEMBER OF THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.—HIS RESEARCHES ON JUPITER'S SATELLITES.

       BAILLY'S LITERARY WORKS.—HIS BIOGRAPHIES OF CHARLES V.—OF LEIBNITZ—OF PETER CORNEILLE—OF MOLIÈRE.

       DEBATES RELATIVE TO THE POST OF PERPETUAL SECRETARY OF THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.

       HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY.—LETTERS ON THE ATLANTIS OF PLATO AND ON THE ANCIENT HISTORY OF ASIA.

       FIRST INTERVIEW OF BAILLY WITH FRANKLIN.—HIS ENTRANCE INTO THE FRENCH ACADEMY IN 1783.—HIS RECEPTION.—DISCOURSE.—HIS RUPTURE WITH BUFFON.

       REPORT ON ANIMAL MAGNETISM.

       ELECTION OF BAILLY INTO THE ACADEMY OF INSCRIPTIONS.

       REPORT ON THE HOSPITALS.

       REPORT ON THE SLAUGHTER-HOUSES.

       BIOGRAPHIES OF COOK AND OF GRESSET.

       ASSEMBLY OF THE NOTABLES.—BAILLY IS NAMED FIRST DEPUTY OF PARIS; AND SOON AFTER DEAN OR SENIOR OF THE DEPUTIES OF THE COMMUNES.

       BAILLY BECOMES MAYOR OF PARIS.—SCARCITY.—MARAT DECLARES HIMSELF INIMICAL TO THE MAYOR.—EVENTS OF THE 6TH OF OCTOBER.

       A GLANCE AT THE POSTHUMOUS MEMOIR OF BAILLY.

       EXAMINATION OF BAILLY'S ADMINISTRATION AS MAYOR.

       THE KING'S FLIGHT.—EVENTS ON THE CHAMP DE MARS.

       BAILLY QUITS THE MAYORALTY THE 12TH OF NOVEMBER, 1791.—THE ESCHEVINS.—EXAMINATION OF THE REPROACHES THAT MIGHT BE ADDRESSED TO THE MAYOR.

       BAILLY'S JOURNEY FROM PARIS TO NANTES, AND THEN FROM NANTES TO MÉLUN.— HIS ARREST IN THE LAST TOWN.—HE IS TRANSFERRED TO PARIS.

       BAILLY IS CALLED AS A WITNESS IN THE TRIAL OF THE QUEEN.—HIS OWN TRIAL BEFORE THE REVOLUTIONARY TRIBUNAL.—HIS CONDEMNATION TO DEATH.—HIS EXECUTION.—IMAGINARY DETAILS ADDED BY ILL-INFORMED HISTORIANS TO WHAT THAT ODIOUS AND FRIGHTFUL EVENT ALREADY PRESENTED.

       PORTRAIT OF BAILLY.—HIS WIFE.

       HERSCHEL.

       CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF THE MEMOIRS OF WILLIAM HERSCHEL. [17]

       IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MEANS OF OBSERVATION.

       LABOURS IN SIDEREAL ASTRONOMY.

       LABOURS RELATIVE TO THE SOLAR SYSTEM.

       OPTICAL LABOURS.

       LAPLACE.

       APPENDIX.

       (A.)

       THE FOLLOWING IS A BRIEF NOTICE OF SOME OTHER INTERESTING RESULTS OF THE RESEARCHES OF LAPLACE WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN MENTIONED IN THE TEXT.

       (B.)

       JOSEPH FOURIER.

       BIOGRAPHY READ AT A PUBLIC ASSEMBLY OF THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, ON THE 18TH OF NOVEMBER, 1833.

       BIRTH OF FOURIER.—HIS YOUTH.

       MEMOIR ON THE RESOLUTION OF NUMERICAL EQUATIONS.

       PART