November, 1791.--The
Eschevins.--Examination of the Reproaches that might be
addressed to the Mayor 211

Bailly's Journey from Paris to Nantes, and then from Nantes to
Melun.--His Arrest in this last Town.--He is transferred to Paris 217

Bailly is called as a Witness in the Trial of the Queen.--His own
Trial before the Revolutionary Tribunal.--His Condemnation to
Death.--His Execution.--Imaginary Details added by ill-informed
Historians to what that odious and frightful Event already
presented 225

Portrait of Bailly.--His Wife 250

HERSCHEL.

Personal History 258

Chronological Table of the Memoirs of William Herschel 266

Improvements in the Means of Observation 271

Labours in Sidereal Astronomy 285

Labours relative to the Solar System 289

Optical Labours 301

LAPLACE.

Preliminary Notice 303

APPENDIX.

(A.) Brief Notice of some other interesting Results
of the Researches of Laplace which have not
been mentioned in the Text 368

(B.) The Mecanique Celeste 372

JOSEPH FOURIER.

Preliminary Notice 374

Birth of Fourier.--His Youth 377

Memoir on the Resolution of Numerical Equations 380

Part played by Fourier in our Revolution.--His Entrance
into the Corps of Professors of the Normal School and
the Polytechnic School.--Expedition to Egypt 384

Fourier Prefect of L'Isere 405

Mathematical Theory of Heat 408

Central Heat of the Terrestrial Globe 419

Return of Napoleon from Elba.--Fourier Prefect of the
Rhone.--His Nomination to the Office of Director of the
Board of Statistics of the Seine 430

Entrance of Fourier into the Academy of Sciences.--His
Election to the Office of Perpetual Secretary.--His Admission
to the French Academy