BIOGRAPHIES 



OF 



DISTINGUISHED SCIENTIFIC MEN. 



* 



BY FRANCOIS ARAGO, 



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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 



k r 



BOSTON: 



TICKNOR AND FIELDS. 



M DCCC LIX. 



