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By 1802 Berthollet was attracting some very clever and famous scientists, who assembled for regular meetings and discussion of recent research; over a few years the list of official members grew to about a dozen, with many more associate members.
Here are some of the members of the Societé de Arcueil:
Top row, left to right: Arago, Berthollet, Biot, Chaptal.
Middle row, left to right: Decandolle, Descotils, Dulong, Gay-Lussac, Humboldt.
Bottom row, left to right:
Laplace, Malus, Poisson, Thénard.