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AT the Meeting of the Paris Academy of Sciences. M. Ferdinand de Lesseps was elected an “Academicien libre” in the place of M. de Verneuil, deceased. M. de Lesseps obtained 33 votes; M.Breguet, 24; MM. du Moncel,Jacquemin, and Sedillot 1 each. M. de Lesseps thus obtained 2 votes beyond the absolute majority required to render an election valid, and was therefore declared elected. The number voting, 6o, was large.
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Notes . Nature 8, 270–273 (1873). https://doi.org/10.1038/008270a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/008270a0