See also:

• HENRI

HENRI See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

LOUIS See also:

• DUHAMEL, JEAN BAPTISTE (1624-1706)

DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU (1700-1782)  , See also:

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

French botanist and engineer, son of See also:

• ALEXANDRE, NOEL (NATALIS ALEXANDER) (1639-1724)

Alexandre See also:

• DUHAMEL, JEAN BAPTISTE (1624-1706)

Duhamel, See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord of Denainvilliers, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born 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 in 1700 . Having been requested by the See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy of Sciences to investigate a disease which was destroying the See also:

• SAFFRON (Arab. za'faran)

saffron plant in Gatinais, he discovered the cause in a parasitical fungus which attached itself to the roots, and this achievement gained him See also:

• ADMISSION

admission to the Academy in 1728 . From then until his See also:

• DEATH

death he busied himself chiefly with making experiments in See also:

• VEGETABLE

vegetable See also:

• PHYSIOLOGY (from Gr. 4 i s, nature, and koyos, discourse)

physiology . Having learned from See also:

• SIR

Sir Hans See also:

• SLOANE, SIR HANS (1660-1753)

Sloane that See also:

• MADDER

madder possesses the See also:

• PROPERTY

property of giving See also:

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

colour to the bones, he fed animals successively on See also:

• FOOD
• FOOD (like the verb " to feed," from a Teutonic root, whence O. Eng. foda; cf. " fodder "; connected with Gr. lrareicOae, to feed)

food mixed and unmixed with madder; and he found that their bones in See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general exhibited concentric strata of red and See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white, whilst the softer parts showed in the meantime signs of having been progressively extended . From a number of experiments he was led to believe himself able to explain the growth of bones, and to demonstrate a parallel between the manner of their growth and that of trees . Along with the naturalist See also:

• BUFFON, GEORGE LOUIS LECLERC, COMTE DE (1707-1788)

Buffon, he made numerous experiments on the growth and strength of See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood, and experimented also on the growth of the mistletoe, on layer planting, on smut in See also:

• CORN (a common Teutonic word; cf. Lat. granum, seed, grain)
• CORN (fromm Lat. corms, horn)

corn, &c . He was probably the first, in 1736, to distinguish clearly between the alkalis, potash and soda . From the See also:

• YEAR

year 1740 he made meteorological observations, and kept records of the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of the See also:

• WEATHER (O. Eng. weder; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Du. weder, Dan. veir, Icel. ve8r, and Ger. Wetter and Gewitter, storm; the root is wa- to blow, from which is derived " wind ")

weather on agricultural See also:

• PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production . For many years he was inspector-general of marine, and applied his scientific acquirements to the improvement of See also:

• NAVAL

naval construction . He died at Paris on the 13th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1782 . His See also:

• WORKS

works are nearly ninety in number, and include many technical handbooks . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal are: Traite See also:

• DES

des arbres et arbustes qui se cultivent en See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France en pleine terre ; Elements de l'See also:

• ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture navale ; Traiti general des peches maritimes et fluviatiles; Elements d'See also:

• AGRICULTURE
• AGRICULTURE (from Lat. ages, field, and colere, to cultivate)
• AGRICULTURE, BOARD OF

agriculture; La Physique des arbres; Des Semis et plantations des arbres et de leur culture; De l'exploitation des bois; Traite des arbres fruitiers .