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    Dominique François Jean Arago (Catalan: Domènec Francesc Joan Aragó), known simply as François Arago (French: [fʁɑ̃swa aʁaɡo]; Catalan: Francesc Aragó, IPA:...
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  • journalist, theater director, and politician; brother of Juan, François, and Jacques François Arago (1786–1853), French mathematician, physicist, astronomer...
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    moving metal disk. The effect was discovered by François Arago in 1824. At the time of their discovery, Arago's rotations were surprising effects that were...
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  • population was 586 at the 2000 census. Arago Township was named for François Arago, a French scientist. According to the United States Census Bureau, the...
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    (1712–1756) are listed as "Directors" retrospectively. The same goes for François Arago, who also was not actually a Director although he did have a de facto...
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    of François Arago (1786–1853), a scientist and politician, the most famous of the six Arago brothers. His parents were François Bonaventure Arago (1754–1814)...
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    astronomer François Arago, whose name now appears on the plaques or medallions tracing the route of the meridian through Paris (see below). Biot and Arago published...
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    September 2015). François Arago: A 19th Century French Humanist and Pioneer in Astrophysics. Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-20723-0. "From François Arago to small bodies...
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    it was renamed Cape Arago after François Arago. Cape Arago Light Cape Arago Highway No. 240 List of Oregon state parks "Cape Arago State Park". Geographic...
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    Schultze's stencils of letters. Hippolyte Bayard had been persuaded by François Arago to wait before making his paper process public. Previous discoveries...
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