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Abstract

This volume contains reports made for the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres on such topics as astronomy, geometry, and natural history.

Background note

French engineer and geometrician Étienne Mignot de Montigny served as the treasurer of France.

Collection information

Provenance

Purchased from Sessler (no. 434; $75.00) and accessioned, 11/27/1962 (1962 2242ms).

General physical description

1 volume, 208 p.

General note

Table of contents (5 p.) available in the repository.

Early American History Note

This manuscript collection falls outside the geographic scope of the Early American guide (British North America and the United States before 1840). It may be of interest to scholars interested in global history, international relations, imperialism, or the U.S. in the world.

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Collection overview
Institut de France. Academie des inscriptions et belle-lettres.
Papers read before the Académie des sciences;
1745-17468-1/2x6Request Series

D.S.: Demontigny. 1vol.consisting of 240p.of which 216 contain writing. In French. Indexed in volume, and individually analyzed in catalogue.



Detailed Inventory
Institut de France. Academie des inscriptions et belle-lettres.
Papers read before the Académie des sciences;
1745-17468-1/2x6Request Series

D.S.: Demontigny. 1vol.consisting of 240p.of which 216 contain writing. In French. Indexed in volume, and individually analyzed in catalogue.

General physical description: 8-1/2x6

Bertin, Exupère Joseph, 1712-1781.
Sur l'usage des enervations des muscles droits du bas ventre.
 8-1/2x6Request File

D. 9p. In French. (see Inst.de France...belles-lettres,Papers...; pp.157-165.) See:Inst.de France.Histoire de l'Acadeémie...1746,pp.393-402,for article which seems to be based on this.

General physical description: 8-1/2x6

Bouquet,.
Formules generales pour trouver les impulsions des fluides sur les pyramidoides dont la baze en un trapeze avec diverses remarques sur ces impulsions.
 8-1/2x6Request File

D. 16p. In French. (see Inst.de France...belles-lettres.Papers...; pp.184-199.) See:Inst.de France.Histoire de l'Académie...1746,pp.237-283,for article which seems to be based on this.

General physical description: 8-1/2x6

Caille, L'abbé de la.
Observations astronomiques faites au college de Mazarin pendant les années
1744-17458-1/2x6Request File

D. 3p. In French. (see Inst.de France...belles-lettres.Papers...; pp.91-93.) See: Inst.de France.Histoire de l'Académie...1745; pp.501-510,for article which seems to be based on this.

General physical description: 8-1/2x6

Cassini de Thury, César François, 1714-1784.
Sur la description geometrique de la France.
 8-1/2x6Request File

D. 12p. In French. (see Inst.de France. . .belles-lettres.Papers...; pp.58-69.) See: Inst. de France.Histoire de l'Académie...1754,pp.553-560, for article which seems to be based on this.

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Cassini, Jacques, 1667-1756.
Des deux conjonctions des Mars avec Saturne arrivées en.
17458-1/2x6Request File

D. 16p. In French. (see Inst.de France...belles-letters.Papers...; pp.125-140.) See: Inst.de France.Histoire de l'Académie...1746,pp.465-482,for article which seems to be based on this.

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Clairaut, Alexis Claude, 1713-1765.
Elemens d'algebra.
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D. 7p. In French. (see Inst.de France...belles-lettres.Papers...; pp.199-205.)

General physical description: 8-1/2x6

Courtivron, Gaspard Le Compasseur de Créqui-Montfort, marquis de ,1715-1785.
Sur les oscillations des pendules dans des arcs de cercle, principalement lorsque ces arcs ont plu d'etendrie.
 8-1/2x6Request File

D. 10p. In French. (see Inst.de France...belles-lettres. Papers...; pp.82-91.)

General physical description: 8-1/2x6

Duhamel du Monceau, Henri Louis, 1700-1782.
Essay sur la conservation des blés et des grains en general.
 8-1/2x6Request File

D. 17p. In French. (see Inst.de France...belles-lettres. Papers... pp.1-17.) See: Inst.de France.Histoire de l'académie...1745, pp.41-56, for article which seems to be based on this.

General physical description: 8-1/2x6

Duhamel du Monceau, Henri Louis, 1700-1782.
Reference to "Observations Botanico-Meteorologiques."
 8-1/2x6Request File

D. 1p. In French. (see Inst.de France...belles-lettres.Papers...; p.206.) See:Inst.de France.Histoire de l'Académie...1746,pp.88-97: 1747,pp.309-343 for articles which may be based on this.

General physical description: 8-1/2x6

Geoffroy, Etienne Louis, 1725-1810.
Examen d'une preparation de verre d'antimonie specifique pour le dissenterie D. 7p. In French.
 8-1/2x6Request File

(see Inst.de France...belles-lettres.Papers...; pp.165-171.) See:Inst.de France. Histoire de l'Académie...1746,pp.162-164,for article which seems to be based on this.

General physical description: 8-1/2x6

Jussieu, Antoine de, 1686-1758.
Reflexions servant d'essay a 1'explication des differentes manieres donc les plantes se multipliere.
 8-1/2x6Request File

D. 17p. In French. (see Inst.de France...belles-lettres.Papers...; pp.41-57.)

General physical description: 8-1/2x6

La Condamine, Charles Marie de, 1701-1774.
Reference to "les observations Physyques, Geometriques, Astronomiques," which he made on a voyage to Quito and Lima.
 8-1/2x6Request File

D. 1p. In French. (see Inst.de France...belles-lettres.Papers...; pp.205-206.)

General physical description: 8-1/2x6

Le Monnier, Pierre, 1675-1757.
De la precession des equinoxes et de la rotation de l'axe de la terre causée par la lune.
 8-1/2x6Request File

D. 23p. In French. (see Inst.de France...belles-lettres. Papers...18-40.)

General physical description: 8-1/2x6

Malouin, M. (Paul Jacques), 1701-1777.
Troisieme memoire sur le zinc.
 8-1/2x6Request File

D. 12p. In French. (see Inst.de France...belles-letters.Papers...; pp.70-81.)

General physical description: 8-1/2x6

Maraldi, J.D. (Jean Dominique), 1709-1788.
Sur l'inegalité de second satellite de Jupiter.
 8-1/2x6Request File

D. 9p. In French. (see Inst.de France...belles-lettres.Papers...; pp.172-179.)

General physical description: 8-1/2x6

Morogue, Sébastien François Bigot, vicomte de, 1705-1781.
Memoire sur la corruption de l'air dans les vaisseaux.
 8-1/2x6Request File

D. 12p. In French. (see Inst.de France...belles-lettres.Papers...; pp.93-104.)

General physical description: 8-1/2x6

Nollet, abbé (Jean Antoine), 1700-1770.
Observations sur quelques nouveaux phenomenes d'electricité.
 8-1/2x6Request File

D. 21p. In French. (see Inst.de France...belles-lettres.Papers...; pp.105-125.) See:Inst.de France. Histoire de l'Académie...1746,pp.1-22,for article which seems to be based on this.

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Pitot, Henri, 1695-1771.
Observations sur les causes des maladies mortelles qui regnant sur les côtes de la mer du bas Languedoc.
 8-1/2x6Request File

D. 5p. In French. (see Inst.de France...belles-letters.Papers...; pp.179-183.) See: Inst.de France. Histoire de l'Académie...1746,pp.182-186,for article which seems to be based on this.

General physical description: 8-1/2x6

Réaumur, René Antoine Ferchault de, 1683-1757.
Moyens d' empecher l'evaporation des liqueurs spiritueuses dans les quelles on vent conserver des productions de le nature de differens genres.
 8-1/2x6Request File

D. 16p. In French. (see Inst.de France...belles-lettres. Papers...; pp.141-156.) See:Inst.de France.Historie de l'Académie...1746,pp. 483-515,for article which seems to be based on this.

General physical description: 8-1/2x6

Sone, de la.
Reference to a description of a "foetus monstreux."
 8-1/2x6Request File

D. 1p. In French. (see Inst.de France...belles-lettres.Papers...; p.206.)

General physical description: 8-1/2x6



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