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National, of 

 France. 





First class. 



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INSECTS. See BEE, CRUSTACEOLOGY, ENTOMOLO- 

 GY, PHYSIOLOGY, and ZOOLOGY. 



INSTINCT. See MORAL PHILOSOPHY. 



INSTITUTE, NATIONAL, of France, or, as it is now 

 called, the INSTITUTE OF FRANCE, was established on the 

 suggestion of Condorcet, in the year 1795, and was 

 opened on the 7th of December of that year, by Benezech, 

 the Minister for the Home Department. It was formed 

 out of the Royal Academy of Sciences, the French Aca- 

 demy, the Academy of Inscriptions and Belles Lettres, 

 and the Academy of Painting and Sculpture, &c. It was 

 re-organized in 1 806, during the consulship of Bona- 

 parte, and it again experienced considerable changes in 

 the year 1816, after the second return of the Bourbons. 



In order to understand the changes which this dis- 

 tinguished body has recently undergone, we shall first 

 lay before our readers an account of the National In- 

 stitute as it existed in the time of Bonaparte. 



The National Institute consisted of four classes, viz. 

 1. Class of physical and mathematical sciences. 2. Class 

 of French language and literature. 3. Class of history 

 and foreign literature. 4. Class of the fine arts. 



II. The first class shall be formed of the ten sections 

 which at present compose the first class of the institute, 

 with a new section of geography and navigation, and 

 eight foreign associates. 



The sections shall be composed and named as follows : 



Mem- 

 bers. 



f Geometry . . . . 6' 



Mathematical I Mechanics 6 



Sciences. ] Astronomy . . . . . 6 



Geography and Navigation 3 



(_ General Physics 6 



fChemistry 6 



I Mineralogy 6 

 Botany 5 



" "ences! ^ Rural Economy and the Ve- 

 terinary Art 6 



I Anatomy and Zoology . . 6 

 \_ Medicine and Surgery . . 6 



The first class shall appoint, with the approbation of 

 the First Consul, two perpetual secretaries, one for the 

 mathematical sciences, the other for the physical scien- 

 ces. The perpetual secretaries shall be members of the 

 class, but shall not form a part of any section. 



Corre- 

 sponding 

 Member*. 



6 



6 

 16 



8 



6 

 12 



8 

 10 



10 

 10 

 8 



France. 



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The first class may elect six of its members from the Institute, 

 other classes of the institute. National, of 



It may name an hundred correspondents selected 

 from the learned men of France and foreign countries. 



III. The 2d class shall be composed of 40 members. 

 It is particularly charged with the composition of the 



dictionary of the French language. It shall examine, 

 with respect to language, the important works of li- 

 terature, history, and the sciences. The collection of 

 its critical observations shall be published at least, four 

 times in a year. 



It shall name from its own body, and with the ap- 

 probation of the First Consul, a perpetual secretary, 

 who shall continue to be of the number of the forty 

 members which compose it. 



It may elect twelve of its members from the other 

 classes of the institute. 



IV. The third class shall be composed- of forty mem- Third class. 

 bers and eight foreign associates. 



The object of its researches and labours shall be 

 learned languages ; antiquities and monuments; history, 

 and all the moral and political sciences connected with 

 history. It shall particularly apply itself to the enriching 

 of French literature with the works of Greek, Latin, and 

 Oriental authors, which have not yet been translated. 



It shall employ itself in the continuation of diploma, 

 tic collections. 



It shall name from its own body, under the appro- 

 bation of the First Consul, a perpetual secretary, who 

 shall be of the number of the forty members which 

 compose the class. 



It may elect nine of its members from the other classes 

 of the institute. 



It may name 60 correspondents, natives or foreigners. 



V. The fourth class shall be composed of twenty- FourtU 

 eight members and eight foreign associates. rl " 



They shall be divided into sections, as follows: 



Painting 10 members. 



Sculpture 6 ditto. 



Architecture 6 ditto. 



Engraving 3 ditto. 



Musical composition ... 3 ditto. 

 It shall appoint, with the approbation of the First 

 Consul, a perpetual secretary, who shall be a member 

 of the class, but shall not be a part of a section. 



It may elect six of its members from the other classes 

 of the institute. 



class. 



