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mathematicians, physicists, and naturalists it has produced. 

 The following is a list of this family. Each of the members 

 mentioned was distinguished in some branch of science. 



Jacques Jean 



Nicolas, Daniel, Jean Nicolas 



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Jean Jacques 



In our own century there yet remained in Switzerland descend- 

 ants of this family: Christophe Bernoulli (1782 1863), Pro- 

 fessor of Natural Science in the University of Bale ; Jerome 

 Bernoulli (1745 1829), chemist and mineralogist. 

 BOYLE, Robert. In his family we count no less than seventeen 

 notable members, most of whom gained distinction in political 

 life. 



BRODIE, Benjamin, one of the most celebrated surgeons in Eng- 

 land. His family reckons six distinguished members. 

 BUCKLAND, William, geologist ; 



His son, Frank, naturalist, well-known for his popular writings. 

 BUFFON. His views on heredity will be hereafter stated. He used 

 to say that he derived all his mental qualities from his mother; 

 His son, a man of good endowments, guillotined as an ' aristo- 

 crat.' 



CASSINI, Jean-Dominique, a celebrated astronomer, the first 

 remarkable member of a family which might be compared 

 with that of the Bernouillis ; 

 His son, Jacques Cassini, astronomer ; 



His grandson, Cesare-FranQois Cassini de Thury, became a mem- 

 ber of the Acade'mie des Sciences at the age of twenty-two ; 

 His great-grandson, Jacques-Dominique, Director of the Observ- 

 atory at Paris, completed the topographical chart of France ; 

 His great-great-grandson, Henri-Gabriel (1781-1832), naturalist 



and philologist, died of cholera. 

 CONDORCET, mathematician and philosopher, seems to have 



derived much of his mental qualities from his mother; 

 His uncle, a bishop, was a relative of the Cardinal de Bernis. 



