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of lectures on the same plan, were instituted at the Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers, in Paris; one course, Sur la Mecanique Appliquee, under M. Charles Dupin, and another Sur la Chimie Appliquee under M. Clement-Desormes.

Dr Ure had then, for many years superintended the practical school of Chemistry at the Andersonian University of Glasgow, his class at one time numbering above four hundred. The fruits of this tuition will be best appreciated from the words of Baron Dupin’s report.