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Academy of Sciences, Sept. 14.—M. Bertrand in the chair.—The following papers were read:—Science before grammar, by M. E. Chevreul. A considerable portion of the paper (which is but an abstract of a more lengthy memoir) is devoted to a discussion of the word “fact”. The author also d aws a parallel between psychic and chemical analysis, the former separating simple ideas perceptible by the mind, and the latter ponderable simple substances perceptible by the senses. The difference between the moral and political sciences and the sciences of the domain of natural philosophy is pointed out, and in an appendix the author states his reasons for dissenting from scepticism and materialism.—On a particular toxic action exercised at a distance by Colchicum autumnale at the time of flowering; extract from a letter from M. Is. Pierre to M. Dumas. The hand, when held near the anthers ot the flowers without coming
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Societies and Academies . Nature 10, 434 (1874). https://doi.org/10.1038/010434b0
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