SECTION IV. — BIOGRAPHY. I99 



Field, Frederic. 



Obituary. Chem. News, Li, 190 (1885). 



Obituary. J. Chem. Soc, London, XLix, 347 (1886). 



Field, Henry W. 



Obituary. J. Chem. Soc, London, lv, 293 (1889). 



Figuier, Louis. 



* Vie des savants illustres, depuis I'antiquite jusqu' au dix-neuvieme 



siecle. Paris, n. d. 5 vols., roy. 8vo. Illustrated with portraits 



and engravings. 



A handsome work in popular style. Vol. i, Savants de I'antiquite ; il, 

 Savants du moyen age ; ill, Savants de la Renaissance ; iv, Savants du 

 XVII siecle ; v, Savants du xviii siecle. Besides philosophers, mathe- 

 maticians, physicists, naturalists, and astronomers, contains biographies 

 of following chemists : Geber, Roger Bacon, Arnaldo Villanova, Ray- 

 mund Lully, Paracelsus, Agricola, Van Helmont, Robert Boyle, Nicolas 

 Lemcry, Boerhaavc, Reaumur, Rouelle, Lavoisier. Portraits are given 

 of those whose names are in italics. 



FlKENSCHER, Georg W. A. Geschichte von Baron Krohneman. See Krohneman, C. W. 



FiLippuzzi, Francesco. 



HoFMANN, A. W. Nekrolog auf F. Filippuzzi. Ber. d. chem. Ges., 

 XIX, p. 2941 (i'S86). 



Fischer, Emil. See Griess, Peter. 



Fischer, George P. Life of Benj. Silliman [Sr.], see Silliman, B. 



FiTz, Albert. 



HoFMANN, A. W. Nachricht von dem Tode des A. Fitz. Ber. d. 

 chem. Ges., xviii, p. 1505 (1885). 



Flamel, Nicolas. 



Vallet de Viriville. Des ouvrages alchimiques attribu^s ^ Nicolas 

 Flamel. Paris, 1856. 8vo. 



* Villain, Abb^. Histoire critique de Nicolas Flamel et de Pernelle 



sa femme ; recueillie d'actes anciens qui justifient I'origine et la 

 mediocrite de leur fortune contre les imputations des Alchimistes. 

 On y a joint le Testament de Pernelle et plusieurs aulres pieces 

 interessantes. Paris, 1761. pp. [xii]-403-[iv], i2mo. Portrait 

 and folding plate. 



After a critical examination of original documents the author shows the base- 

 lessness of the claims of alchemists with respect to Flamel. Published 

 anonymously. 



