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 | | PREVOST, PIERRE (1751-1839), Swiss philosopher and physicist, son of a Protestant clergyman in Geneva, was born in that city on the 3rd of March 1751, and was educated for a clerical career. |
 | | Prevost published much on philology, philosophy, and political economy; but he will be remembered mainly for having published, with additions of his own, the Traite de physique of G. Le Sage, and for his enunciation of the law of exchange in radiation. |
 | | PREVOST-PARADOL, LUCIEN ANATOLE (1829-1870), French man of letters, was born in Paris on the 8th of August 1829. |
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