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SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. 
I. Correspondence of Prof. Nicxuts, dated Nancy, France, Oct. 12, 1865. 
Thus prepared, he went to Paris on became apprenticed to Mr. Tecker, 
4 distinguished manufacturer of physical apparatus, where he was able 
to indulge his taste for experimental physics. 
ile laboring under this accurate instruc 
of lectures of the Faculty of Sciences at Paris, an 
obtain @ seat in the Institute, : ae He oe 
In 1830, Mr. Silbermann quitted his uncertain position, which gave 
him unceasin g occupation, to accept a place as Engineer of —. 
Deva He was attached to the works for diking the Rhine, 
®ontinued in this capacity until 1836. : ears 
But topography od odin works could not make him forget ex- 
perimental physics. He returned to Paris at the call of Prof, Fouillet, 
it under better circumstances than before, to be experimenter in physics Ae 
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