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AT the sitting of October 2 of the Academy of Sciences, M. Dumas delivered an address on his friend, Prof. Wœhler, of Göttingen, one of the eight Foreign Associates of the French Academy, whose death had been announced by telegram. He also gave the list of the eight missions sent by the French Government to observe the transit of Venus. The total expense charged against the national exchequer is estimated at 1,200,000 francs.
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Notes . Nature 26, 556–557 (1882). https://doi.org/10.1038/026556a0
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