Hiflory of AJlronoiny for l']i^%. ^\ 



republic, which promires to furnifli him with every thing 

 neceffary for continuing that labour. 



On the 24th of January the Inftitute propofed to the 

 Directory to requeft the ditl'erent powers of Europe to fend 

 learned men to France, to aflift in eftablifhing the new 

 nieafures, and to fan£lion that eftablifhment. Eleven have 

 arrived from Denmark, Spain, Italy and Holland : from 

 Denmark, M. Bugge, director of the obfervatory, and known 

 by fonie important works ; from Spain, MelTrs. Gabriel 

 Cifcar and Auguftine Pedrayes; from the Batavian republic, 

 C. van Swinden and ^Enese, the former well known by fome 

 excellent works on natural philofophy; from Tufcanv, IM. 

 Pabbroni; from Sardinia, Count Balbo, the minifter at 

 Paris; from Helvetia, C. Tralles ; from the Llo-urian re- 

 public, C. Moltedo; from the Cifalpine republic, C. Maf- 

 cheroni, from whom General Bonaparte brought us what 

 will ferve as a leffbn to our moft famous geometricians ; and 

 from the Roman republic, C. Franchini. 



On the 23d of June the legiflative body made a law, that 

 the Bureau des Lo7igiludes fhould preferve the original ftand- 

 ard of the metre, or of that new meafure deftined to be in 

 future the type of all meafures, and to prevent hereafter 

 that confufion which has hitherto prevailed in the meafures 

 of all countries. 



Aftronomy has fo few profclytes that I am happy in being 

 able to fay that Dr. Burckhardt, who came from Gotha Lit 

 year, continues to labour with us at Paris, and that he is 

 already one of our bell aftrononiers. 



Delambrc had as afliftants in his immcnfe labour C. 

 Tranchot, already well known by the great operations in 

 Corfica, and young C. Pomard, who devotes himfelf to 

 aftronomy, and who cannot fuil to make a rapid profrrcfs 

 under fuch a nialter. Aftronomy has need of a few recruits; 

 and I do every thing in my power to procure them ; but th*; 

 career is laborious, and not lucrative : this is fufficient to 

 explain vvliy we have fo few. 



Blanpain, 



