BIOGRAPHIES 



OF 



DISTINGUISHED SCIENTIFIC MEN. 



BY FRANCOIS 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 I,IX. 



