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The present volume of the series of English translations of M. Arago's works consists of his own autobiography and a selection of some of his memoirs of eminent scientific men, both continental and British. It does not distinctly appear at what period of his life Arago composed the autobiography, but it bears throughout the characteristic stamp of his ardent and energetic disposition. The reader will, perhaps, hardly suppress a smile at the indications of self-satisfaction with which several of the incidents are brought forward, while the air of romance which invests some of the adventures may possibly give rise to some suspicion of occasional embellishment; on. | Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men 1 Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men The Project Gutenberg EBook of Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men by Francois Arago This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men Author Francois Arago Translator W. H. Smyth Baden Powell and Robert Grant Release Date September 30 2005 EBook 16775 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK DISTINGUISHED SCIENTIFIC MEN Produced by Bill Tozier Barbara Tozier Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men 2 BIOGRAPHIES OF DISTINGUISHED SCIENTIFIC MEN. BY FRANCOIS ARAGO MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE. TRANSLATED BY ADMIRAL . SMYTH . . c. THE REV. BADEN POWELL . . c. AND ROBERT GRANT Esq. . . FIRST SERIES. BOSTON TICKNOR AND FIELDS. M DCCC LIX. RIVERSIDE CAMBRIDGE PRINTED BY . HOUGHTON AND COMPANY. TRANSLATORS PREFACE. The present volume of the series of English translations of M. Arago s works consists of his own autobiography and a selection of some of his memoirs of eminent scientific men both continental and British. It does not distinctly appear at what period of his life Arago composed the autobiography but it bears throughout the characteristic stamp of his ardent and energetic disposition. The reader will perhaps hardly suppress a smile at the indications of self-satisfaction with which several of the incidents are brought forward while the air of romance which invests some of the adventures may possibly give rise to some suspicion of occasional embellishment on these points however we leave each reader to judge for himself. In