ILLUSTRATIONS 



LAVOISIER ...... Frontispiece 



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DEATH WARRANT OP LAVOISIER . . .To face 13 



BARON CUVIER . . . . . ,,18 



CAVENDISH AND CAVENDISH HOUSE . . . 34 



PRIESTLEY AND His STATUE .... ,,44 



LINN^IUS ...... ,,62 



SIR RICHARD OWEN AND SHEEN LODGE . ,,75 



LlEBIG AND THE GlESSEN LABORATORY IN 1840 . 91 



SIR CHARLES LYELL, BART. . . . . ,,104 



DALTON AND His TOMB . . . . ,,114 



MENDELEEFP . . . . . . ,,126 



COUNT BUPFON . . . . . ,,137 



BERTHELOT . . . . . . ,,146 



SIR HUMPHRY DAVY, BART. . . . ,,163 



GAY-LUSSAC ..... ,,175 



LORD KELVIN . 185 



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