que, when

6. Lavoisier (1 743-1 794), the very famous French chemist, one of the founders of modem chemistry. Besides his discoveries of important truths, he reformed the chemical nomenclature and invented much chemical apparatus.

Page 119. — 1. Prométhée, Prometheus, in Greek mythology a personage who stole fire from heaven and brought it in a hollow reed to earth for the use of mortals. For this he was chained, by command of Zeus, on a mountain, and a vulture was sent to feed daily on his vitals.

Page 120. — 1. Peu nous importe pour le moment, that is for the time being of little importance to us.

Page 122. — i. Senebier (1742-1809). a Swiss naturalist and litté-

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rateur, who was ordained as a minister and preached for several years. He wrote a work of five volumes on Physiologie végétale.

2. Genève, Geneva, the largest and richest city in Switzerland, located at the southwestern extremity of Lake Geneva.

Page 123. — i. Est-il rien de plus, is there anything more. 2. On devait se demander, there was need to ask, or the question arose.

Page 124. — i. photogéniques, photogenic, producing light without sensible heat, giving rise to phosphorescence.

2. a priori, a Latin expression meaning "from something prior"; so, "from that which précèdes," "reasoning from cause to effect."

Page 125. — i. tournesol, turnsole, héliotrope, from Latin words meaning "to turn" and "sun," so named because its flower turns or is supposed to turn toward the sun. The word "girasole" is a similar formation.

2. héliotrope, héliotrope, derived from Greek words meaning "sun" and "turn."

Page 126. — i. il n'en est pas de, there are none.

2. grand soleil (Helianthus annuus), sunflower. The scientific name Helianthus is made up of the Greek words for "sun" and "flower," and annuus is the Latin for "yearly."

3. le regardent toujours en face, turn continuait}' toward it.

Page 127. — 1. se regardent dos à dos, turn their backs to eack other.

Page 128. — 1. Linné (1 707-1 778), whose Latinized name was Linnaeus, has been known as the father of modem botany. He was born in Sweden, devoted himself early to the study of botany, and was for many years professor of this subject at the University of Upsala.

2. l'horloge de Flore, a table of the flowers which open or close successively at the various hours of the day, arranged in the form of a dial, and so simulating a kind of clock.

3. il ne peut rien y avoir d'absolu, there can be nothing absolute.

4. au Sénégal, in Sénégal, a French colony in western Africa. The definite article is commonly employed in such cases with geographical nouns that are masculine ; so au Canada, au Mexique.

Page 130. — i. Edwards (Henri Milne-, 1800-1885), well known zoologist, born at Bruges, Belgium ; studied at Paris and became professor of zoôlogy there; author of many volumes and valuable scientific papers.