INDEX 



LAVOISIER ...... Frontispiece 



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DEATH WARRANT OF LAVOISIER . . . . .13 



BARON CUVIER^ ....... 18 



CAVENDISH AND CAVENDISH HOUSE . . . .30 



PRIESTLEY AND His STATUE ..... 44 



LINN.EUS ........ 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 



MENDELEEFF . . . , . . .126 



COUNT BUFFON . . . . . . .137 



BERTHELOT . . . . . . .146 



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



GAY-LUSSAC . . . . . . .175 



LORD KELVIN 185 



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