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1798. Proposal made to M. Cuvier, by Count Berthollet, to ac- 

 company the expedition to Egypt ; which offer was refused. 



1800. Appointed Professor at the College de France, on which 

 M. Cuvier resigned the chair at the Central School of the 

 Pantheon. 



Elected Secretary to the Class of Physical and Mathe- 

 matical Sciences of theJnstitute. 



