GO 



Notes on the Life of Arago, 



demie des Sciences an infallible method of finding out every 

 planet which remained. Since that period several more 

 have been added to the list.* 



The French nation may be justly proud of such a man as 

 Arago. We cannot overlook his earnest desire to give to 

 the public all the advantages of the discoveries of science 

 with the least possible delay ; and with the utmost freedom 

 from mere technicalities. In 1816, he established, in con- 

 nection with M. Gay-Lussac, the Annates de Physique et 

 de Chimie ; and on his pressing representation, on the 13th 

 July 1835, the Academy commenced, in charge of its per- 

 petual secretaries, Les Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires. 



In 1830, Arago was made Director of the Observatory ; 

 and he succeeded Fourier as a perpetual secretary of the 

 Academy of Sciences. His remarkable activity of mind and 



*1. 1801 



Ceres 



Piazzi . 





Palermo. 



2. 1802 



Tallas . 



Olbers T. 



. 



Bremen. 



3. 1804 



Juno . . 



Harding 



. 



Lilienthal. 



4. 1807 



Vesta 



Olbers II. 



. 



Bremen. 



5. 1845 



Astrea . 



Hencke I. 



. 



Driesen. 



6. 1847 



Hebe 



Hencke II. 



. 



Driesen. 



7. 1847 



Iris 



Hind I. 



, 



London. 



8. 1847 



Flora 



Hind II. 



, 



London. 



9. 1848 



Metis 



Graham 



. 



Markrea. 



10. 1850 



11. 1850 



12. 1850 



Ilygeia . 



Parthenope 



Victoria 



De Gasparis 

 De Gasparis 

 Hind HI. 



I. 

 II. 



Naples. 

 Naples. 

 London. 



13. 1850 



14. 1851 



Egeria 

 Irene 



De Gasparis 

 Hind IV. 



III. 



Naples. 

 London. 



15. 1851 



16. 1852 



17. 1852 



Eunoraia 

 Psyche . 

 Thetis . 



De Gasparis 

 De Gasparis 

 Luther 



IV. 

 V. 



Naples. 

 Naples. 

 Dusseldorf. 



18. 1852 



19. 1852 



Melpomene 

 Fortuna 



Hind V. 

 Hind VI. 



• 



London. 

 London. 



20. 1852 



21. 1852 



Massalia 

 Lutetia 



i Chacornac 

 \ De Gasparis 

 Goldschmidt 



VI. 



Marseilles. 



Naples. 



Paris. 



22. 1852 



Calliope 



Hind VII. 



. 



London. 



23. 1853 



Thalia . 



Hind VIII. 



, 



London. 



24. 1853 



Phocea . 



Chacornac II. 



Marseilles. 



25. 1853 





De Gasparis 

 Luther If. 



VII. 



Naples. 

 Bilk. 



26. 1853 





