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 |