Rapport historique sur les progrès des sciences naturelles depuis 1789, et sur leur état actuel

Published in 1810, this report presents an overview of the fields of chemistry, biology, and medicine during Napoleon I's reign.

Georges Cuvier (Edited by)

9781108037990, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 3 November 2011

318 pages
24.4 x 17 x 1.7 cm, 0.51 kg

In 1808, Napoleon I, Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1815, commissioned a series of official reports on the progress of scientific research since 1789. First published in 1810, this report on the current state of science was written by French naturalist and zoologist Georges Cuvier (1769–1832). One of the first scientists to establish the fields of comparative anatomy and palaeontology, Cuvier became permanent secretary of the Academy of Sciences in 1803. As such, he was charged with examining the state of science in higher educational establishments, and with presenting an overview of the progress accomplished during Napoleon's reign in the fields of chemistry, physics, biology, geology, and medicine. This report includes discoveries made by French scientists, such as the chemist Antoine Lavoisier (1743–94), as well as those made in the countries then under French occupation.

Avertissement
Introduction
1e Partie. Chimie: 1. Lois générales de l'attraction moléculaire (chimie générale)
2. Circonstances qui modifent l'attraction moléculaire (agens chimiques impondérables)
3. Effets de l'attraction moléculaire dans les substances diverses (chimie proprement dite)
IIe Partie. Histoire Naturelle: 4. Histoire naturelle de l'atmosphère (météorologie)
5. Histoire naturelle des eaux (hydrologie)
6. Histoire naturelle des minéraux
7. Géologie
8. Histoire naturelle des corps vivans
9. Histoire naturelle particulière des corps vivans
IIIe Partie. Sciences d'Application: 10. Médicine
11. Agriculture
12. Technologie, ou connoissance des arts et métiers
13. Conclusion et récapitulation rapide
Réponse de sa Majesté.

Subject Areas: History of science [PDX]