Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men by Francois Arago
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Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men
by Francois Arago
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Title: Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men
Author: Francois Arago
Translator: W. H. Smyth, Baden Powell and Robert Grant
Release Date: September 30, 2005 [EBook #16775]
Language: English
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BIOGRAPHIES
OF
DISTINGUISHED SCIENTIFIC MEN.
BY FRANÇOIS ARAGO,
MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE.
TRANSLATED BY
ADMIRAL W.H. SMYTH, D.C.L., F.R.S., &c.
THE REV. BADEN POWELL, M.A., F.R.S., &c.
AND
ROBERT GRANT, Esq., M.A., F.R.A.S.
FIRST SERIES.
BOSTON:
TICKNOR AND FIELDS.
M DCCC LIX.
RIVERSIDE, CAMBRIDGE:
PRINTED BY H.O. HOUGHTON AND COMPANY.
TRANSLATORS' PREFACE.
The present volume of the series of English translations of M. Arago's works consists of his own autobiography and a selection of some of his memoirs of eminent scientific men, both continental and British.
It does not distinctly appear at what period of his life Arago composed