Paris, France:

Folder 2E

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Elements: boron, iodine, fluorine
Location: Paris
Scientist: Gay-Lussac, Thénard, Moissan

turgot ecole poly	turgot ecole poly	turgot ecole poly	turgot ecole poly	college de navarre
gate to the École Polytechnique	left of the gate	right of the gate	"Histoire de Paris"	Founded in 1794
suburb of Palaiseau	old Rue des Amandiers	closer view of the gate	science and technology	military education
five nominal founders	Joseph Louis Lagrange	Marquis Pierre Simon de Laplace	Gaspard Monge	Count Claude-Louis Berthollet
Antoine-François de Fourcroy	grounds of the former École Polytechnique	Ministry of Research	Pavillion Joffre	old print
Rouelle first laboratory	modern view	place maubert from the west	Jardin du Luxebourg	Palais du Luxembourg
Across the street from Palais du Luxembourg	original meter stick	beside the meter stick	exist two in Paris today	A closer look
decimeter is divided into centimeters.	south of the Palais du Luxembourg	view eastward	chess players	View southward
Jardin du Luxembourg.	Typical scene	Walking southward	Faculté de Pharmacie	Faculté de Pharmacie moved here in 1882
statue of Vauquelin	move here in 1882	chromium	second best analytical chemist of his time	Antoine-August Parmentier
Faculté de Pharmacie entrance	Plaque from the old School of Pharmacy	building was given in 1577	Entrance to the École de Pharmacie	Portrait of Vauquelin.
glass-stained windows on the stairs	window illustrates Lavoisier	lower part of window	Linnaeus	Jardin des Plantes
statue of Lavoisier	closeup of the statue	base of the statue	back of the École de Pharmacie	"Laboratory of Botany."
Museum of Henri Moissan	Professor Emeritus Jacques Rivet.	apparatus used to prepare elemental fluorine	left panel of the Nobel Award	right panel of the Nobel Award
electrolysis apparatus	Brass tubes could be used	Professor Rivet holds one of these tubes	book of fluorine's color.	information on chemical colors
electric arc furnace	"Moissonite"	original electric arc furnance	portrait of Moissan	statue of Moissan
statue of Pasteur	where Moissan did his chemistry	Jardin du Luxembourg Fontaine	view northward	viewing southward
The observatory	statue is of Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier	"Histoire de Paris"	oldest observatory in the world	we owe the discovery of Neptune
constructed in 1667 to 1672	discovered the speed of light	measured longitude	home of Pierre and Marie Curie	Rue de la Glacière
closer look at the site	plaque by the doorway	Pierre and Marie lived here when radium was discovered