 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1874 - 808 pages
...British Association, and the same year had the high honour of being chosen, in the place of Berzelius, one of the eight foreign associates of the French Academy of Sciences. He was also member of the Royal Academies of Prussia, Austria, Russia, Sweden, and Denmark ; and in... | |
 | Henry Lonsdale - 1875 - 348 pages
...KOINIIUKGH ANU LONDON. To SIR GEORGE B. AIRY, KCB, FRS, DCI., LL.D., Her Majesty's Astronomer-Royal; One of the Eight Foreign Associates of the French Academy of Sciences : &*c. &c. fi-v. ®|jis Folume is inscribed, with the cordial good wishes and esteem of the A UTHOR.... | |
 | 1881 - 842 pages
...editions in his life-time. In 1850 he was appointed Master of the Mint, he resigned that office in 1855. He was nominated one of the Eight Foreign Associates of the French Academy of Sciences in 1855. His Familiar Lectures on Scientific Subjects first appeared in 1867. He was the Author of... | |
 | Edward John Chalmers Morton - 1882 - 370 pages
...escaped them, and from that time forward honours came thick upon him. In the same year he was appointed one of the eight foreign associates of the French Academy of Sciences. In 1703 he was elected President of the Royal Society. The office was, and is, ordinarily only held... | |
 | 1899 - 862 pages
...department of optics, spectroscopic astronomy, and spectroscopic chemistry. In 1883 Bunsen was elected one of the eight foreign associates of the French academy of sciences. This • is intended to be the highest honor the scientific world can bestow. Bunsen was a striking... | |
 | William Jay Youmans - 1900 - 814 pages
...One of the principal events in his life since that sketch was published was his election, in 1883, as one of the eight foreign associates of the French Academy of Sciences — the highest honor that that institution is competent to confer. Besides Bunsen's personal interest... | |
 | Frank Moore Colby - 1900 - 1008 pages
...astronomy. This work was accomplished in collaboration with his friend Kirchoff. Bunsen was elected in 1883 one of the eight foreign associates of the French Academy of Sciences. His time was largely but cheerfully given to the instruction of his students, his own investigations... | |
 | Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1872 - 750 pages
...five years. He was a President of the British Association and of the Astronomical Society. In 1855 he was nominated one of the eight foreign Associates of the French Academy of Sciences, nnd was a member of almost every Philosophical or Literary Society of Europe. His mind continued as... | |
 | Andrew Carnegie - 1905 - 260 pages
...of London, Member of the Batavian Society, correspondent of the French Academy of Sciences, and was one of the eight Foreign Associates of the French Academy of Sciences. Watt's almost morbid dislike for publicity leaves many well-known acts of kindness and charity hidden... | |
 | John Price Millington - 1906 - 252 pages
...knowledge and true glory." From this time onwards, honours were showered upon him. In 1830 he was made one of the eight foreign associates of the French Academy of Sciences in the place of Davy. This is perhaps the highest honour that can be paid to a man of science, nor... | |
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In 1 855 he was nominated one of the eight Foreign Associates of the French Academy of Sciences, and was a member of almost every Philosophical or Literary Society of Europe. 
