“The name of Arago precludes all suspicion of quackery, credulity, or inaccuracy.”
Author
François Arago
François Arago is documented in Fuller’s published essays (1846–1847). No work is named in the surviving passages, most often in Remarkable Phenomenon., and the most intensive engagement recorded is “mentioned”.
- Engagement
- Mentioned
- Present in
- Essays
- Documented
- 1846–1847
Totals count documented engagements, once at the earliest witness. How we count →
Reprints, Memoirs passages, and repeat notes within a single manuscript are shown but never counted twice. Evidence for this author is selective, not exhaustive. Methodology →
In Fuller’s words
“I was more fortunate in hearing Arago, and he justified all my expectations. Clear, rapid, full and equal, his discourse is worthy its celebrity, and I felt repaid for the four hours one is obliged to spend in going, in waiting and in hearing”
When Fuller engaged with François Arago
This page brings together documented engagements currently identified within the Fuller Reading Worlds catalog.
Documentary evidence
Selected passages from Fuller’s own writings, in chronological order.
1846—
Remarkable Phenomenon.
“Remarkable Phenomenon.”mentioned5 selected passages
“This recital was given to the illustrious assembly by M. Arago, with the spirit and courage of a man who does not fear being misunderstood.”
“She was conducted by M. Arago to the observatory, and it was in his presence and before Messieurs Laugier and Goujon”
“M. Arago wished to see if the approach of this young girl would cause a deviation of the needle of the compass.”
“M. Arago has requested the Academy of Sciences to appoint a commission to examine Angelica Cottin.”
Fuller, Margaret. "Remarkable Phenomenon." New-York Daily Tribune, 1 April 1846.
1847—
Things and Thoughts in Europe . . . X.
“Things and Thoughts in Europe . . . X.”mentioned
“I was more fortunate in hearing Arago, and he justified all my expectations.”
Fuller, Margaret. "Things and Thoughts in Europe . . . X." New-York Daily Tribune, 3 March 1847. · 3 March 1847