ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE RIGA Riga Polytechnic graduate badge in 84 zolotniks (875…

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ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE RIGA

Riga Polytechnic graduate badge in 84 zolotniks (875 thousandths) silver. Toggle pin clasp on back. Good condition, oxidation. Saint Petersburg, circa 1890. Goldsmith: Dmitri OSSIPOV. H. 6 x L. 4.6 cm. Weight: 24.2 g. Provenance Collection of Monsieur G.

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ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE RIGA

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Alexandre COLIN (1798-1875)/ Baron Henri Berge February 19, 1849 / Ecole Polytechnique Seated Oriental holding a cane Unframed gouache on paper 48.5 x 30.5 cm Signed top right A COLIN and top annotation in brown ink H BERGE dated Top left stamped in black ink Ecole Polytechnique

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ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE. - Organization of the Central School of Public Works. Paris, De l'Imprimerie du Comité de Salut public, An III de la République française. Booklet in-12, one title leaf and 31 pages, paperback, Honnelaître slipcase. First edition (Tourneux, n°17485). First official text organizing the teaching and administration of the new École centrale des travaux publics, future École polytechnique, published by decree of 6 frimaire an III (26 novembre 1794). [...] the first charter of the École polytechnique. Its traces have now almost entirely disappeared. The text printed by the Comité de Salut Public is extremely rare [...]. Alphonse Aulard, who knew of its existence, was never able to find it, and consequently did not include it in his Recueil des Actes du Comité de Salut public (Janis Langin, "Sur la première organisation de l'École polytechnique... "inRevue d'histoire des sciences, XXXIII, n°4, 1980, pp. 289-313).

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JOURNAL POLYTECHNIQUE, ou Bulletin du travail fait à l'École centrale des travaux publics. Paris, De l'Imprimerie de la République, An III-An V [1794-1796]. Set of 4 quires in an in-4 volume, contemporary marbled basane. This is the first volume of this important scientific publication, which includes course reports and a number of original memoirs. Contributors to the journal include Prony, Monge, Fourcroy, Chaptal, Berthollet, Guyton, Lagrange, Laplace and others. 4000 copies of this bulletin were printed and distributed to members of the Convention, students, teachers and other agents of the École, engineers and other such employees (cf. Fourcy, Histoire de l'École polytechnique, pp. 80-81). These first four quires contain a total of 6 tables and 14 fold-out plates. École polytechnique stamp and seal on titles. Covers damaged, some light foxing.

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