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... academy of sciences , was born at Paris Oct. 10 , 1732. He was the nephew of the celebrated Duhamel , and acquired a similar taste for those studies that end in objects of real utility . He travelled over Anjou and Brittany to ...
... academy of sciences , was born at Paris Oct. 10 , 1732. He was the nephew of the celebrated Duhamel , and acquired a similar taste for those studies that end in objects of real utility . He travelled over Anjou and Brittany to ...
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... academy of sciences , of the section of anatomy , but was afterwards admitted to that of chemistry , for which he was more emi- nently qualified . In 1787 , he in conjunction with his countrymen De Morveau , Lavoisier , and Berthollet ...
... academy of sciences , of the section of anatomy , but was afterwards admitted to that of chemistry , for which he was more emi- nently qualified . In 1787 , he in conjunction with his countrymen De Morveau , Lavoisier , and Berthollet ...
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... academy of sciences , was born at Paris Jan. 19 , 1715. He was the son of Charles de Fourcroy , an eminent counsellor at law , and Elizabeth L'Heritier , Destined to the bar as an he- reditary profession , his inclination impelled him ...
... academy of sciences , was born at Paris Jan. 19 , 1715. He was the son of Charles de Fourcroy , an eminent counsellor at law , and Elizabeth L'Heritier , Destined to the bar as an he- reditary profession , his inclination impelled him ...
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... academy , to which he also sent se- veral essays that were approved and inserted in their works . The margin of his Collection of the Academy relative to the Arts he has filled with notes , as it was his practice when he read it to ...
... academy , to which he also sent se- veral essays that were approved and inserted in their works . The margin of his Collection of the Academy relative to the Arts he has filled with notes , as it was his practice when he read it to ...
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... academy of inscriptions ; of the royal society at Lon- don in 1738 ; and of that of Berlin in 1741. He was often consulted by the duke of Orleans , who had a particular esteem for him , and made him one of his secretaries . died at ...
... academy of inscriptions ; of the royal society at Lon- don in 1738 ; and of that of Berlin in 1741. He was often consulted by the duke of Orleans , who had a particular esteem for him , and made him one of his secretaries . died at ...
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