M
Mabillon, Dom Jean, 201
Macard, instrument maker, 193
models of, 44 , 49 , 156 , 210
Magnetic variation, 207
Magnol, Pierre, 213
Major, Johann Daniel, 67 , 119 , 132
Malpighi, Marcello, 21 , 154 , 201 , 203 , 214 , 215 , 315 n.19, 317 n.4
books by read in Paris, 185 , 311 n.5
study of anatomy and physiology of plants by, 67 , 117 , 119 , 132 , 307 n.29, 312 n.30
Maps. See Cartography
Marchant, Nicolas and Jean, 146 , 147 , 204 , 213 , 309 n.1, 329 n.28
coin neologisms, 184
library of, 185 , 214 , 308 n.29, 337 n.115
revise Bauhin's Pinax , 70 , 111
and Tournefort, 113 , 114 , 115
work on natural history of plants, 74 , 75 , 79 , 80 , 82 , 104 , 107 , 110 , 111 , 114 , 302 n.64.
See also Plants, rare
—Jean, son of Nicolas, 18 , 19 , 23 , 82 , 104 , 111 , 148 , 203 , 214 , 300 n.43, 301 n.53, 301 -302 n.60
career of,
and Jardin royal, 38 , 80 , 296 n.33
role of in Academy, 96
—Nicolas, 18 , 19 , 104 , 202 , 213
cultivates plants, 175 , 314 n.7
and circulation of sap, 119
establishes petit jardin , 79
and Jardin royal, 38
possible portrait of, 40
and Robert Morison, 214
role of in Academy, 96
writes Description de quelques plantes nouvelles,75 , 80 , 87 , 329 n.26
Margrave [Marcgrave or Markgrav or Marggraf], Georg, 70
Mariotte, abbé Edme, 18 , 19 , 23 , 43 , 44 , 50 , 90 , 165 , 200 , 203 , 206 , 209 , 222 , 325 n.17, 327 n.57, 329 n.30, 331 n.61, 331 -332 n.63
autopsy of, 54
on chemical analyses of plants, 90 , 91 , 92 , 98 , 113 , 287 n.21
on circulation of sap, 119 , 131 , 132 -138, 140 -141, 142
on plant anatomy, 157 -158
on plant physiology, 147 -150, 151 , 152 , 153 , 164 , 201 , 204 , 214
possible portrait of, 42
Marly, royal palace at, 194
Marly tower, 43 , 44 , 56 , 57
Martin, Henri-Jean, 185
Mathematical sciences studied at Academy, 21 , 58 , 225 .
See also Académie royale des sciences, finances of Astronomy; Instruments and apparatus; Literature
Matte La Faveur, Sébastien, 89
Mechanics, study of principles of, 49 , 222
Medici, Cosimo, Giovanni Carlo, and Leopoldo de', 156 , 206 , 334 nn.80, 81
Medicine, 25 , 48 , 99 , 102 , 135 , 178 , 215 , 221 , 222 , 225
and botany, 22 , 66 , 70 , 87 , 89 , 91 , 94 , 96 , 98 , 100 , 101 -102, 108 , 109 , 113 , 114 , 170 , 171 , 172
faculties of, 20 , 127 -128, 171 -172, 174 , 202
and pharmacology, 20 , 171 , 173 , 210
for poor, 19 , 170 , 174 -176, 178 -179, 184 , 204 , 212 , 295 n.13
and public health, 171 , 176 , 178
writings on by academicians, 172 .
See also Académie royale des sciences; Ergotism; "Guinea pigs"; Literature;
Société royale de la médecine
Mémoires des animaux. See Histoire des animaux
Mémoires des plantes75 , 79 , 80 , 83 , 87 , 90 , 93 , 95 , 100 , 101 , 103 , 202 , 207 , 213 , 303 n.28
installments of planned, 54 , 103 -104, 107 , 111 , 113 , 114
presented to Grew and Morison, 214
as smokescreen, 101
Ménage, Gilles, 286 n.9
Menageries, 194 .
See also Versailles
Meridian, extension of in France, 21 , 22 , 49 -50
Méry, Jean, 21 , 41 , 59 , 172 , 293 n.29
taught at Jardin royal, 38
Meteorological observations, 44
Meurisse, received advance for expenses, 50
Microcosm-macrocosm, 119 , 120 , 129 , 131
Microscopy, 149
and anatomy of plants, 137 , 146 , 157 -159
ancillary to other ways of studying plants, 159
and illustration of plants, 75 , 82
instruments used (compound and spherical microscope, hand lens, loupe), 82 , 136 , 137 , 155 , 156 , 157 , 158 -159, 194 , 204
and physiology of plants, 149 , 157 -159, 163
value of in botanical research, 65 , 70 , 118 , 154 , 158 -159, 165 -166.
See also "Engyscope"; Instruments and apparatus
Migon, maker of globes and mathematical instruments, 44 , 45
Military: fortification a popular subject among Parisian readers, 185
interest of academicians in inventions and techniques for, 49 , 169 , 208 , 222 .
See also Literature
Mimosa. See Plants, sensitive
Mineral waters, analysis of. See Chemical analysis of waters
Mining, 20
interest in of academicians, 202
Mirrors, cylindrical, for sale in Paris, 194
Model. See Analogies
Montmor, Henri Louis Habert de, 20 , 202 , 205
Academy of, 206
Moray, Sir Robert, 203 , 331 n.45
Morin (de Toulon), 18 , 111 , 172
career of, 21
Morin, Louis, 200
as collector, 195
garden of, 203
Morison, Robert, 70 , 80 , 147 , 202 , 214 , 302 n.60, 311 n.9