See also:

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

NICOLAS See also:

• THEODORE
• THEODORE (602-690)
• THEODORE (Fedor) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1741–1796)
• THEODORE (Rus. Fedor, or Feodor)

THEODORE DE See also:

• SAUSSURE, HORACE BENEDICT DE (1740-1799)
• NICOLAS THEODORE DE SAUSSURE (1767-1845)

SAUSSURE (1767-1845)  , eldest son of See also:

• HORACE [QuINTus HORATIUS FLACCUS] (65-8 B.C.)

Horace See also:

• BENEDICT (BENEDICTUS)
• BENEDICT, SIR JULIUS (1804-1885)

Benedict de See also:

• SAUSSURE, HORACE BENEDICT DE (1740-1799)
• SAUSSURE, NICOLAS THEODORE DE (1767-1845)

Saussure, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 14th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1767, at See also:

• GENEVA
• GENEVA (Fr. Geneve, Ger. Genf, Ital. Ginevra, Late Lat. Gebenna, though Genava in good Latin)
• GENEVA, LAKE OF

Geneva, and is known chiefly for his See also:

• WORK

work on the See also:

• CHEMISTRY
• CHEMISTRY (formerly "chymistry"; Gr. xvµela; for derivation see ALCHEMY)

chemistry of See also:

• VEGETABLE

vegetable See also:

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

physiology . He lived quietly and avoided society; yet like his ancestors he was a member of the blastic and large, possessing a large quantity of yolk; in all the See also:

• EGG (O.E. aeg, cf. Ger. Ei, Swed. aegg, and prob. Gr. u,ov, Lat. ovum)
• EGG, AUGUSTUS LEOPOLD (1816-1863)

egg is provided in the oviduct with a layer of albumen and outside this with a horny or calcareous See also:

• SHELL
• SHELL (O. Eng. scell, scyll, cf. Du. sceel, shell, Goth. skalja, tile; the word means originally a thin flake,. cf. Swed. skalja, to peel off; it is allied to " scale " and " skill," from a root meaning to cleave, divide, separate)

shell . In a few cases the egg is hatched in the oviduct, ut n tese cases tere s no ntmate connexon eween the embryo and the walls of the duct . Fertilization takes See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place internally, occurring at the upper end of the oviduct previously to the deposition of the albuminous layer and egg shell . See also:

• COMPARATIVE

Comparative See also:

• ANATOMY
• ANATOMY (Gr. avaroyil, from ava-silo c', to cut up)

anatomy clearly sho*s that birds are closely allied to See also:

• REPTILES (Lat. Reptilia, creeping things, from reptilis; ref ere, to creep; Gr. Ep7rety, whence the term " herpetology," for the science dealing with them)

reptiles; enthusiasts even spoke of them as " glorified reptiles," and this view seemed to receive its See also:

• PROOF (in M. Eng. preove, proeve, preve, &°c., from O. Fr . prueve, proeve, &c., mod. preuve, Late. Lat. proba, probate, to prove, to test the goodness of anything, probus, good)

proof by the discoveries of See also:

• ARCHAEOPTERYX

Archaeopteryx (q.v.), and the numerous bipedal Dinosaurs . But Archaeopteryx was after all a See also:

• BIRD

bird, although still somewhat Genevan representative See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council, and gave much See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention to public affairs . In the latter See also:

• PART

part of his See also:

• LIFE

life he became more of a recluse than ever, and died at Geneva on the 18th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1845 . When a See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man See also:

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

Nicolas See also:

• THEODORE
• THEODORE (602-690)
• THEODORE (Fedor) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1741–1796)
• THEODORE (Rus. Fedor, or Feodor)

Theodore accompanied his See also:

• FATHER

father in his Alpine journeys and assisted him by the careful determination of many See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical constants . He was attracted to chemistry by See also:

• LAVOISIER, ANTOINE LAURENT (1743-1794)

Lavoisier's brilliant conceptions, but he did not become See also:

• GREAT

great as an originator . He took a leading See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share in improving the processes of ultimate organic See also:

• ANALYSIS (Gr. avci and Meta, to break up into parts)

analysis; and he determined the See also:

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

composition of See also:

• ETHYL

ethyl See also:

• ALCOHOL

alcohol, See also:

• ETHER, (C2H5)2O

ether and some other commonly occurring substances . He also studied See also:

• FERMENTATION

fermentation, the See also:

• CONVERSION (Lat. conversio, from convertere, to turn or ,change)

conversion of See also:

• STARCH

starch into See also:

• SUGAR

sugar, and many other processes of See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor importance . The greater number of his 36 published papers dealt with the chemistry and physiology of See also:

• PLANTS

plants, the nature of soils, and the conditions of vegetable life, and were republished under the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title Recherches chimiques sur la vegetation .