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Hereditary Genius
writer, and a man of great force and originality of character. American patriot
and statesman.
pS. Alexander Dallas Bache, superintendent of the United Coast Survey; was
professor of natural philosophy, also of chemistry and mathematics.
pS. Franklin Bache, M.D., author of many medical works; professor of chemistry.
[P.] W. T. Franklin, editor of his grandfather's works.
Galilei, Galileo; illustrious physicist. Used, when a child, to construct mechanical
toys. He discovered that the beats of the pendulum were isochronous, when a
boy, before he knew any mathematics. He was intended for the profession of
medicine, but he broke loose and took to mathematics. Became blind. Died aet.
82.
F. Vicenzo was a man of considerable talent and learning. He wrote on the theory
of music.
[B.] A brother seems to have attended to natural history.
[S.] His son, Vicenzo Galilei, was the first who applied to clockwork his father's
invention of the pendulum.
Geoffroy, St. Hilaire (Etienne); celebrated French naturalist. He was one of the
savans that accompanied Napoleon to Egypt.
B. Chateau; a distinguished officer of engineers, much appreciated by Napoleon.
Died, after Austerlitz, of the fatigues of campaigning. Napoleon adopted his
two sons, both of whom were authors, but of no particular importance.
S. Auguste; zoologist.
Gmelin, John Frederick; eminent German chemist, naturalist, and physician. He is
the most prominent member of a family that has given at least five names to
science:—
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John Conrad John George. Philip
Frederick.
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Samuel Gottlieb. John Frederick
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Leopold
F. Philip Frederick; botanist and physician, who made scientific journeys in
Europe, and wrote numerous monographs.
U. John George; botanist and physician, member of the St. Petersburg Academy,
Siberian traveller, author of “Flora Siberica.”
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