medallic illustrations of the history of science

Medallic Illustrations of the History of ScienceSource: Isis, Vol. 8, No. 2 (May, 1926), pp. 333-335Published by: The University of Chicago Press on behalf of The History of Science SocietyStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/223650 .

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Medallic Illustrations of the History of Science.

Each number of Isis, to begin with this one, will contain, as far as space permits, reproductions of a few medals of scientific interest. We hope, in this way, to constitute gradually a collection of medals which will gratify at once and the same time the scientific curiosity and the artistic cravings of our readers. Each medal will be described and some brief information added with regard to both the man of science honored and the sculptor who designed the medal.

Plan of each description : Man of science represented. Dates and

places of birth and death. Nationality. Branch of science, main achievement. Occasion of the celebration. Main biography.

Artist. Dates and place of birth and death. Size of the medal. Collection from which the specimen reproduced has been borrowed. Publisher (if known). Description of the medal (if a photograph is included it will suf-

fice to reproduce the legend). Obverse. Reverse. (Followed by translation of the legends into English if they are written in a

language not generally known).

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The first series of one hundred will be devoted to modern medals, medals which were struck to commemorate men of science of the

IX'th and XXth centuries. When the series is completed, we will print indexes of the scientists and artists represented.

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No. 1. MICHEL EUGANE CHEVREUL (Angers, 1786-1889). French chemist, who is remembered chiefly because of his studies on animal fats, 1823. This medal was cast to celebrate his hun- dredth anniversary.

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334 MEDALLIC ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE

Artist: (Louis) OSCAR ROTY (Paris, 1846-1911), one of the greatest French medallists.

Size : 70 mm. Collection : G. S. Publisher: Hotel des Monnaies, Paris.

0b)V.: MICHEL EUGiNE CHEVREUL, Membre de l'Academie des Sciences (fig. 1).

Rev.: La jeunesse franpaise au doyen des etudiants, 31 aout 1786- 31 aouit 1886 (fig. 2).

No. 2. J. H. VAN 'T HOFF (Rotterdam, 1852-1911). Dutch physico- chemist. The monument dedicated to him in Rotterdam (1915) bears the following inscription : ( Physicam chemiae adiunxit o. The most elaborate biography of VAN 'T HOFF is that by ERNST

COIEN, in German, Leipzig 1912. (Isis I, 276-8.) Artist : PIER, PANDER, born at Drachten, Friesland, 1864. Size: 74 by 53 mm. Collection: G. S.

Obv.: 1852. J. H. VAN 'T HOFF 1911 (fig. 3). Rev.: Nothing.

No. 3. ANDRE MARIE AMPERE (177-t1836). French physicist. Founder of electrodynamics, 1820. See recent biography of him by Louis DE LAUNAY, Paris 1924. (Isis VIII, fasc. 27.)

Artist: JULES CLEMENT CHAPLAIN (IMortagne, Orne 1839-

1909), one of the greatest French medallists. Size : 50 mm. Collection : G. S. Publisher : Hotel des Monnaies, Paris.

Obv. : ANDRE], MARIE AMPERE (fig. 4). Rev.: Nothing but the following inscription:

(( Ne a Lyon le 20 janvier 1775. Membre de la Legion d'hon- neur. Professeur de physique. Inspecteur general de l'Universite. Membre de l'Institut. Mort h Marseille le 10 janvier 1836.

No. 4. OSCAR MONTELIUS (Stockholm, 1843, id. 1921). Swedish

archaeologist (prehistoric archaeology). See Isis VI, 469. Artist : ERIK LINDBERG, born in 1873, residing in Stockholm.

(His father ADOLPH LINDBERG, Stockholm 1839, id. 1917, was also a medallist.)

Size: 64 by 47 mm. Collection : G. S. Obv.: Af Vanner 1913. OSCAR MONTELIUS (fig. 5).



No 1, fig. 1 and 2. - CHEVREUL.

Isis, vill, pl. 17. Medallic Illustrations.



No 2, fig . 3.- VAN T HOFF.

No 3, fig. 4. - AMPERE.

Isis, viil, pi. 18. Medallie Illuslratiors.



No 4, fig. 5 and 6. - MONTELIUS.

Isis, Vill, pi. 19 Medallic Jlluslrations.



No 5, fig. 7 and 8. FABR.

Isis, viii, pl. 20. Medallic Illustrations. Isis, vniI pl. o0. Medallie Illustrations.



MEDALLIC ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE 335

Rev.: Femtio ars forskar-bragder erifrade Srlusenden af mlnsklig odling (fig. 6).

(Translation. Obv.: From his friends 1.913. Rev.: Fifty years of archaeological achievements con-

quering a thousand years of human civilization).

No. 5. JEAN HENRI FABRE (Saint Leons, 1823, Serignan, 1913). French

entomologist. The best biography is by G. V. LEGROS, in French, Paris, 1913. New edition 1924 (Isis VII, 143).

Artist.: F. SICARD. Size: 72 by 5S mm. Collection : G. S. Publisher : The medal was first published in 1910; then

again in. 1913, this time by DELAGRAVE, Paris (Isis, I, 526). Obv.: JH. .FABRE. Naturaliste. Ses amis, ses admirateurs (fig. 7). Rev.: Souvenirs entomologiques. Jubile 1910 (fig. 8).



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