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BAILLY.	1
HERSCHEL.	1
LAPLACE.	2
JOSEPH FOURIER.	2
LIVES	2
THE HISTORY OF MY YOUTH:	2
FOOTNOTES:	52
BAILLY.	53
INTRODUCTION.	53
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REPORT ON ANIMAL MAGNETISM.	74
FOOTNOTES:	89
ELECTION OF BAILLY INTO THE ACADEMY OF INSCRIPTIONS.	90
REPORT ON THE HOSPITALS.	91
REPORT ON THE SLAUGHTER-HOUSES.	96
BIOGRAPHIES OF COOK AND OF GRESSET.	96
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A GLANCE AT THE POSTHUMOUS MEMOIR OF BAILLY.	111
EXAMINATION OF BAILLY’S ADMINISTRATION AS MAYOR.	113
THE KING’S FLIGHT.—EVENTS ON THE CHAMP DE MARS.	119
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PORTRAIT OF BAILLY.—HIS WIFE.	144
HERSCHEL.	148
FOOTNOTES:	153
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE	153
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MEANS OF OBSERVATION.	158
FOOTNOTES:	165
LABOURS IN SIDEREAL ASTRONOMY.	166
LABOURS RELATIVE TO THE SOLAR SYSTEM.	168
OPTICAL LABOURS.	175
LAPLACE.	176
FOOTNOTES:	207
APPENDIX.	215
(B.)	218
JOSEPH FOURIER.	219
BIRTH OF FOURIER.—HIS YOUTH.	221
MEMOIR ON THE RESOLUTION OF NUMERICAL EQUATIONS.	223
FOURIER PREFECT OF L’ISERE.	236
MATHEMATICAL THEORY OF HEAT.	238
CENTRAL HEAT OF THE TERRESTRIAL GLOBE.	245
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CHARACTER OF FOURIER.—HIS DEATH.	256
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C.W. Upham.	264
C.A. Bartol.	265

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