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Fourier, Jean-Baptiste-Joseph, 1768-1830

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  • Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier. Lithograph by J. Boilly, 1823 [?].
  • French savants huddled together at the top of a column, while a band of Bedouin Arabs set fire to it below; exaggerating the troubled experience of the 'Commission des Sciences et des Arts' during Napoleon's invasion of Egypt. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1799.
  • Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier. Line engraving by A.F.B. Geille after J. Boilly.
  • French savants huddled together at the top of a column, while a band of Bedouin Arabs set fire to it below; exaggerating the troubled experience of the 'Commission des Sciences et des Arts' during Napoleon's invasion of Egypt. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1799.
  • French savants huddled together at the top of a column, while a band of Bedouin Arabs set fire to it below; exaggerating the troubled experience of the 'Commission des Sciences et des Arts' during Napoleon's invasion of Egypt. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1799.
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    Joseph Fourier, 1768-1830 : a survey of his life and work, based on a critical edition of his monograph on the propagation of heat, presented to the Institut de France in 1807 / I. Grattan-Guinness, in collaboration with J.R. Ravetz.

    Grattan-Guinness, I. | Date: [1972]
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    Recherches statistiques sur la ville de Paris et le département de la Seine; recueil de tableaux dressés et réunis d'aprés les ordres de monsieur le comte de Chabrol, conseiller d'état, préfet du département.

    | Date: 1823
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