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Bacon, Sir Francis, Baconianism, 9 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 66 , 70 , 79 , 95 , 155 , 182 , 185 , 199 , 298 n.12.
See also Solomon, House of
Baluze, Étienne, scholar, 192
Baudelot de Dairval, Charles César, as collector, 195
Bauhin, Caspar and Jean, 66 , 67 , 69 , 70 , 151 , 300 n.47
Beeswax, theory of formation of, 158
Behn, Aphra, playwright, 205 , 206
Bellay, N., physician, 174 , [204] Bessé de La Chapelle, Henri de, seigneur de La Chapelle-Milon, 14 , 36 , 55 , 109 , 110 , 207
career of, 24
harangue by in 1686, 108 -110, 172 , 225
as Louvois's spokesman, 108 -110
urges study of roots, 110
Betbeder, Pierre, 127
Beze, de, 54
Bibliothèque du roi, 7 , 17 , 28 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 51 , 107 , 160 , 190 , 192 , 196 , 203 , 295 n.7, 297 n.7, 329 n.22
as headquarters for Academy, 14 , 15 , 38 -43
as living quarters for savants, 20 , 41 -42, 334 nn.80-81
refurbishment of houses of, 39
visit of Louis XIV to, 80
Bignon, abbé Jean Paul, 14 , 20 , 36 , 59 , 99 , 111 , 113
family of, 196
role of in Academy, 24
Biological sciences. See under Natural philosophical research of Academy
Black, Max, on metaphor, 122
Bled-cornu. See Ergot
Blegny, Nicolas, 185 , 191 , 192 , 193 , 194
as collector, 196
director of Société royale de la médecine, 196
Blondel, Nicolas François, sieur des Croisettes et de Gallardon, 44 , 49 , 202 , 206 , 208 , 331 n.61
books of in Parisian libraries, 185
as collector, 195
helps Furetière, 184
teaches architecture, 197
Blood, theories about circulation of, 21 , 59 , 119 , 120 , 123 , 125 -128, 130 , 132
Cartesian model, 127 , 312 n.33
Harveian model, 125 -126, 127 -128
Riolan's model, 126 -127
theory established in France, 127 -128, 130
Boccone, Paolo, 70 , 207 , 307 n.29, 332 n.66
Book trade: in Paris, 184 -185, 187 , 191 -192, 325 nn.24, 27
problems of under Louis XIV, 191 , 201 .
See also Censorship
Borelli, Giovanni Alfonso, 139 , 141 , 142 , 206 , 317 n.4, 331 n.56, 335 n.96
Borelly, Jacques, 18 , 95 , 96 , 97 , 102 , 110 , 150 , 151 , 293 n.24, 304 n.35, 327 n.57, 332 n.65, 333 n.71, 336 n.102
career of, 20
helps Furetière, 184
lodged in Royal Library, 41 , 55
role of in Academy, 44 , 54 , 55 , 95 , 96 , 97
Bosse, Abraham, 76 , 80 , 81 , 84
academicians criticize his illustrations of plants, 82
Botany: audience for in Paris, 185
a changing discipline, 61 , 65 -67, 70 , 117 , 118 , 119 , 131 , 153 , 165 , 224 -225
develops independently in England and France, 214
eclecticism of, 153 -154
study of by Academy, 9 , 17 -23, 65 -88, 89 -102, 103 -116, 117 -130, 131 -144, 145 -154, 155 -165, 203 -204, 212 -213, 215 , 217 , 225 .
See also under Natural philosophical research of Academy
Boucot, Nicolas, collector, 195
teaches at Jardin royal, 38
Bourdelin, Claude, 18 , 41 , 132 , 285 n.2
career of, 16 , 19 , 171 , 201 , 298 -299 n.18, 334 n.86
medical interests of, 173 , 175 , 204
method of, 91 -92, 93 -94, 95 , 99 , 100
notebooks of, 19 , 50 , 96 , 99 , 292 -293 nn.24, 25
possible portrait of, 40
as purchasing agent for crown, 50 , 285 n.4
responsible for chemical analysis, 74 , 79 , 80 , 82 , 89 , 99 , 100 , 101 , 102 , 104 , 107 , 109 , 110 , 146 , 150 -151, 301 n.53, 305 n.57
role of in Academy, 19 , 96 , 151 , 182
work of assessed by Dodart, Homberg, and Tournefort, 20 , 82 , 87 , 90 , 99 , 111 , 113 , 114 , 152
works at home, 55
Bourdelot, Pierre Michon, 20 , 21 , 22 , 195 , 196 , 205
Bournonville, Alexandre Hippolyte Balthazar and Jeanne Françoise d'Aremberg, prince et princesse de, 44
Boyle, Robert, 152 , 204 , 215
and air pump, 160 , 164 , 312 -313 n.34, 320 n.27
book by for sale in Paris, 191
and capillary tubes, 139
and Huygens, 203
sees chemistry as central, 102 , 124
work of reviewed by Academy, 83 , 213 -214, 217 , 325 n.17
Brice, Germain, 44
Butterfield, Michael, maker of mathematical instruments, 45 , 48 , 192 , 193 , 210 -211