CONTE  ,, See also:

• NICOLAS
• NICOLAS, SIR NICHOLAS HARRIS (1799–1848)

NICOLAS JACQUES (1755-1805), See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• MECHANICAL

mechanical See also:

• GENIUS (from Lat. genere, gignere)

genius, chemist and painter, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Aunou-sur-See also:

• ORNE

Orne, near See also:

• SEES

Sees, on the 4th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1755, of a See also:

• FAMILY

family of poor See also:

• FARM

farm labourers . At the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of fourteen he displayed precocious See also:

• ARTISTIC

artistic See also:

• TALENT (Lat. talentum, adaptation of Gr. TaXavrov, balance, ! Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps (1841); Vacation Rambles weight, from root raX-, to lift, as in rXi vac, to bear, 1-aXas, and Thoughts, comprising recollections of three Continental

talent in a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of religious panels, remarkably See also:

• FINE

fine in See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour and See also:

• COMPOSITION
• COMPOSITION (Lat. compositio, from componere, to put together)

composition, for the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital of Sees, where he was employed to help the gardener . With the See also:

• ADVICE (Fr. avis, from Lat. ad, to, and visum, viewed)

advice of See also:

• GREUZE, JEAN BAPTISTE (1725-1805)

Greuze he took up portrait See also:

• PAINTING

painting, quickly became the See also:

• FASHION (adapted from Fr. facon, agon, Lat. factio, making, facere, to do or make)

fashion, and laid by in a few years a See also:

• FAIR

fair competency . From that See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time he gave See also:

• FREE

free See also:

• REIN

rein to his See also:

• PASSION (post-classical Lat. passio, formed from pati, passus, to suffer, endure)

passion for the mechanical arts and scientific studies . He attended the lectures of J . A . C . See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles, L . N . Vaquelin and J . B . Leroy, and exhibited before the See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy of See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

Science an See also:

• HYDRAULIC

hydraulic See also:

• MACHINE
• MACHINE (through Fr. from Lat. form machina of Gr. µnxavil)

machine of his own invention of which the See also:

• MODEL (0. Fr. modelle, mod. modele; It. modello, pattern, mould; from Lat. modus, measure, standard)

model was the subject of a flattering See also:

• REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

report, and was placed in Charles's collection .

The events of the Revolution soon gave him an opportunity for a further display of his inventive See also:

• FACULTY (through the French, from the Lat. facultas, ability to do anything, from facilis, easy, facere, to do; another form of the word in Lat. facilitas, facility, ease, keeps the original meaning)

faculty . The See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war with See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England deprived See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France of See also:

• PLUMBAGO (from Lat. plum-bum, lead)

plumbago; he substituted for it an artificial substance obtained from a mixture of See also:

• GRAPHITE

graphite and See also:

• CLAY (from O. Eng. claeg, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Klei)
• CLAY, CASSIUS MARCELLUS (1810-1903)
• CLAY, CHARLES (1801–1893)
• CLAY, FREDERIC (1838–1889)
• CLAY, HENRY (1777–1852)

clay, and took out a patent in 1795 for the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of See also:

• PENCIL (Lat. penicillus, brush, literally little tail)

pencil which still bears his name . At this time he was associated with See also:

• MONGE, GASPARD (1746-1818)

Monge and Berthollet in experiments in connexion with the inflation of military balloons, was conducting the school for that See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of the engineer See also:

• CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

corps at See also:

• MEUDON

Meudon, was perfecting the methods of producing See also:

• HYDROGEN [symbol H, atomic weight x-oo8 (0=16)]

hydrogen in quantity, and was appointed (1796) by the See also:

• DIRECTORY

Directory to the command of all the aerostatic establishments . He was at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the newly created See also:

• CONSERVATOIRE (the Fr. equivalent of Ital. Conservatorio, Ger. Conservatorium, from Med. Lat. conservatorium, a place where anything is preserved, Lat. conservare, to preserve)

Conservatoire See also:

• DES

des arts et metiers, and occupied himself with experiments in new compositions of permanent See also:

• COLOURS, MILITARY

colours, and in 1798 constructed a See also:

• METAL
• METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)

metal-covered See also:

• BAROMETER (from Gr. (3apoc, pressure, and µETpov, measure)

barometer for measuring See also:

• COMPARATIVE

comparative heights, by observing the See also:

• WEIGHT

weight of See also:

• MERCURY
• MERCURY (MERCU1uus)
• MERCURY (symbol Hg, atomic weight = 2oo)

mercury issuing from the See also:

• TUBE (Lat. tuba)

tube . Summoned by See also:

• BONAPARTE

Bonaparte to take See also:

• PART

part as See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of the aerostatic corps in the expedition to See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt, he considerably extended his See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field of activity, and for three years and a See also:

• HALF

half was, to quote Berthollet, " the soul of the See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony." The disaster of See also:

• ABOUKIR

Aboukir and the revolt of See also:

• CAIRO
• CAIRO (Arabic Misr-al-Kahira, or simply Misr)

Cairo had caused the loss of the greater part of the See also:

• INSTRUMENTS

instruments and munitions taken out by the French . Conte, who, as Monge says, " had every science in his head and every See also:

• ART

art in his hands," and whom the First See also:

• CONSUL
• CONSUL (in Gr. generally ihraros,ashortened form of errpavgybs 8hraeos, i.e. praetor maximus)

Consul described as " See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good at everything," seemed to be everywhere at once and triumphed over apparently insurmountable difficulties . He made,. in an almost uncivilized See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, utensils, tools and machinery of every sort from See also:

• SIMPLE

simple windmills to stamps for minting See also:

• COIN
• COIN (older forms of the word are coyne, quoin and coign, all derived through the O. Fr. coing, and cuigne from Lat. cuneus, a wedge)

coin . Thanks to his activity and genius, the expedition was provided with See also:

• BREAD

bread, See also:

• CLOTH

cloth, arms and munitions of war; the See also:

• ENGINEERS, MILITARY

engineers with the exact tools of their See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade; the surgeons with operating instruments . He made the designs, built the See also:

• MODELS

models, organized and supervised the manufacture, and seemed to be able to invent immediately anything required . On his return to France in 18o2 he was commissioned by the See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister of the interior, See also:

• CHAPTAL, JEAN ANTOINE CLAUDE, COMTE DE

Chaptal, to super-intend the publication of the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• WORK

work of the See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission on Egypt, and an See also:

• ENGRAVING

engraving machine of his construction materially shortened this task, which, however, he did not live to see finished . He died at See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris on the bth of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1805 . See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon had included him in his first promotions to the See also:

• LEGION (Lat. legio)

Legion of See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

Honour .

A See also:

• BRONZE

bronze statue was erected to his memory in 1852 at Sees, by public subscription .