See also:

• ETIENNE, CHARLES GUILLAUME (1778-1845)

ETIENNE 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:

• ETIENNE LOUIS MALUS (1775-1812)

MALUS (1775-1812)  , See also:

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

French physicist, 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 on the 23rd of See also:

• JUNE

June 1775 . He entered the military See also:

• ENGINEERING

engineering school at See also:

• MEZIERES, PHILIPPE DE (c. 1327—1405)

Mezieres; but, being regarded as a suspected See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person, he was dismissed without receiving a See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission, and obliged to enter the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army as a private soldier . Being employed upon the fortifications of See also:

• DUNKIRK
• DUNKIRK (Fr. Dunkerque)

Dunkirk, he attracted the See also:

• NOTICE

notice of the director of the See also:

• WORKS

works, and was selected as a member of the Ecole polytechnique then to be established under G . See also:

• MONGE, GASPARD (1746-1818)

Monge . After three years at the Ecole he was admitted into the 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 of See also:

• ENGINEERS, MILITARY

engineers, and served in the army of the Sambre and See also:

• MEUSE
• MEUSE (Flem. Maes, Du. Maas)

Meuse; he was See also:

• PRESENT

present at the passage of the See also:

• RHINE (Lat. Rhenus, Ger. Rhein, Fr. Rhin, Dutch Rhyn, or Rijn)

Rhine in 1797, and at the affairs of Ukratz and Altenkirch . In 1798 he joined the See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian expedition and remained in the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East till 18or . On his return he held See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official posts successively at See also:

• ANTWERP
• ANTWERP (Fr. Anvers)

Antwerp, See also:

• STRASSBURG, or STRASBURG (French Strasbourg)

Strassburg and Paris, and devoted himself to See also:

• OPTICAL

optical See also:

• RESEARCH (O. Fr. recerche, from recercher, re- and cercer, mod. chercher, to search; Late Lat. circare, to go round in a circle, to explore)

research . A See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper published in 1809 (" Sur une propriete de la lumiere reflechie See also:

• PAR (Lat. par, equal)

par See also:

• LES

les corps diaphanes ") contained the See also:

• DISCOVERY

discovery of the polarization of See also:

• LIGHT

light by reflection, which is specially associated with his name, and in the following See also:

• YEAR

year he won a See also:

• PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize from the See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

Institute with his memoir, " Theorie de la See also:

• DOUBLE
• DOUBLE (from the Mid. Eng. duble, the form which gives the present pronunciation, through the Old Er. duble, from Lat. duplus, twice as much)

double See also:

• REFRACTION
• REFRACTION (Lat. refringere, to break open or apart)

refraction de la lumiere dans les substances cristallines." He died of See also:

• PHTHISIS (Gr. 49Lnns " wasting ")

phthisis in Paris on the 23rd of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1812 .